# Kimi K3

Moonshot AI's 2.8T parameter open-weight multimodal reasoning model, optimized for complex coding, knowledge work, and agentic workflows.

## Overview

- **Provider:** Moonshot
- **Model ID:** `kimi-k3`
- **Type:** Chat
- **Canonical URL:** https://modelstack.cc/models/chat/kimi-k3
- **Version:** K3
- **Best for:** Complex coding, knowledge work, long-horizon agentic workflows, multimodal tasks

## Pricing

| Usage | Price |
| --- | ---: |
| Input | $3 / 1M tokens |
| Output | $15 / 1M tokens |
| Cache read | $0.3 / 1M tokens |
| Cache write (5 minutes) | $3 / 1M tokens |

## Specifications

- **Context window:** 1M
- **Maximum output:** 128K
- **Typical latency:** 16 ms
- **Released:** 2026-07

## Capabilities

- chat
- tool_use
- reasoning
- coding
- analysis

## API usage

Use this model ID in a ModelStack API request:

```json
{
  "model": "kimi-k3"
}
```

For the rendered page, visit https://modelstack.cc/models/chat/kimi-k3.