$ diff kimi-k2-8-preview minimax-m3
Kimi K2.8 Preview vs MiniMax M3
Values come from Kimi K2.8 Preview and MiniMax M3, 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 K2.8 Preview
- context
- 1M
- weights
- closed
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
- —
- context
- 1M
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- $0.3
- $/M out
- $1.2
What actually differs
- Context window
- Identical — both accept 1M tokens, so context length is not a reason to pick either.
- Weights
- MiniMax M3 publishes weights (Open-weight (HuggingFace)); Kimi K2.8 Preview is API-only. That decides self-hosting, air-gapped deployment and fine-tuning before any capability question does.
- Recency
- Kimi K2.8 Preview shipped 102 days after MiniMax M3 (2026-09-11 vs 2026-06-01).
Full spec
| Attribute | Kimi K2.8 Preview | MiniMax M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Moonshot AI | MiniMax |
| Released | 2026-09-11 | 2026-06-01 |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 tokens (1M); min. 512K guaranteed |
| Pricing | not recorded | $0.30/M input · $1.20/M output ($0.06/M cached input) — OpenRouter catalogue, read 2026-07-28 |
| License | proprietary | Open-weight (HuggingFace) |
| Availability | Kimi API platform, Kimi Code, Kimi Work | API (global, including English) + open-weight on HuggingFace |