Migrating from kimi-k2-thinking-turbo to kimi-k3
What changes when you move from kimi-k2-thinking-turbo to kimi-k3: prices, limits, features and parameters, read from each company's own pages.
- Status
- Retired
- Shutdown
- May 25, 2026
- Time left
- —
- To
- kimi-k3
- Status
- Active
- Shutdown
- none announced
- Time left
- —
Prices
USD per 1M tokens, standard tier| Type | kimi-k2-thinking-turbo | kimi-k3 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | Not published | $3.00first seen October 5, 2026 · source | — |
| Cached input | Not published | $0.30first seen October 5, 2026 · source | — |
| Output | Not published | $15.00first seen October 5, 2026 · source | — |
Other tiers, prompt-size bands and modalities are on each model's page.
Limits
TokensNeither company publishes a context window or output limit for these models.
Benchmarks
Same benchmark and source on both sides; settings named where they differ| Benchmark | kimi-k2-thinking-turbo | kimi-k3 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arena TextArena, max effort (vs no setting). Ranges don't overlap. | 1430 ±3 | 1488 ±5 | +58 |
| Arena Text: CodingArena, max effort (vs no setting). Ranges don't overlap. | 1487 ±5 | 1539 ±7 | +52 |
| Arena WebDevArena, max effort (vs no setting). Ranges don't overlap. | 1322 ±7 | 1655 ±6 | +333 |
GPQA DiamondEpoch AI, max effort (vs no setting).Other settings
| 84.2% | 93.1% | +8.9 pts |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025Epoch AI, max effort (vs no setting).Other settings
| 83.1% | 97.2% | +14.1 pts |
A score from one source is never compared with another source's, and company-reported scores are compared only within the same company; settings named where they differ. Data: Arena (arena.ai), CC BY 4.0; Epoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (epoch.ai/benchmarks), CC BY.
Features and parameters
Compare modelsNeither company publishes feature facts for these models.
Aliases
All aliasesNo aliases point at either model.
On cloud platforms
All platform dates| Model | Platform | Platform ID | Shutdown | Time left |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kimi-k3 | Amazon Bedrock | moonshotai.kimi-k3 | none announcedActive |
Read daily from each platform's own pages. The status above uses each company's own date. Time left counts to 00:00 UTC on the shutdown date, which is the evening before in ET.
Checklist
- Change the model string from
kimi-k2-thinking-turbotokimi-k3.
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