$ diff kimi-k3-1-pro granite-4-2
Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Granite 4.2
Values come from Kimi K3.1 Pro and Granite 4.2, where each is cited to its source. This page states no benchmark result and ranks neither model — it puts two published specifications next to each other. Where a lab has not published a figure, the row says so rather than guessing.
Moonshot AIKimi K3.1 Pro
- context
- 1.0M
- weights
- —
- $/M in
- $2
- $/M out
- $10
- context
- 512K
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
- —
What actually differs
- Context window
- Kimi K3.1 Pro takes 1.0M against 512K — 2.0× more room in a single request.
- Recency
- Kimi K3.1 Pro shipped 59 days after Granite 4.2 (2026-10-23 vs 2026-08-25).
Full spec
| Attribute | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Granite 4.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Moonshot AI | IBM |
| Released | 2026-10-23 | 2026-08-25 |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens ([source](../../sources/blogs/moonshot-2026-10-24-k3-pricing.md)) | 512K (30B); unknown (3B, 8B) |
| Pricing | $2.00/MTok input · $10.00/MTok output · $0.20/MTok cached input; cache writes $2.00/MTok (5m), $4.00/MTok (1h); excludes taxes ([source](../../sources/blogs/moonshot-2026-10-24-k3-pricing.md)) | not applicable — open weights, no hosted rate published |
| License | not recorded | Apache 2.0 |
| Availability | Kimi.ai, mobile apps, Kimi Work, Kimi Code, Kimi API; enterprise access off by default at launch ([source](../../sources/blogs/moonshot-2026-10-23-kimi-k3-1-pro.md)) | Hugging Face, Ollama, GitHub |