Kimi K3 vs Aya Expanse 8B
Benchmarks, API Token Pricing, Context Window & Speed Comparison
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Compare Kimi K3 by Moonshot AI against Aya Expanse 8B by Cohere across real-world coding, reasoning, token economics, and latency.
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Kimi K3
Modelo de Pesos AbertosO Kimi K3 da Moonshot AI é um modelo de inteligência artificial com janela de contexto de 1.0M tokens e preço de API de $0/1M na entrada e $0/1M na saída, projetado para programação, raciocínio e automação empresarial.
$0.00 / 1M
$0.00 / 1M
1.05M tokens
74.5%
Aya Expanse 8B
Modelo de Pesos AbertosO Aya Expanse 8B da Cohere é um modelo de inteligência artificial com janela de contexto de 8K tokens e preço de API de $0.08/1M na entrada e $0.16/1M na saída, projetado para programação, raciocínio e automação empresarial.
$0.08 / 1M
$0.16 / 1M
8.2K tokens
24%
Principais Diferenças em Resumo
- Kimi K3 is 1.0x cheaper for API usage (input + output tokens combined).
- Kimi K3 has a larger context window (1M vs 8K tokens).
- Aya Expanse 8B is faster at 135 tok/s vs 58 tok/s.
- Kimi K3 leads on SWE-bench coding (74.5% vs 24.0%).
| Feature | Kimi K3 | Aya Expanse 8B |
|---|---|---|
Intelligence Index Composite reasoning & knowledge score (0-100) | 93 | 36 |
Provider | Moonshot AI | Cohere |
Input Price Cost per million input tokens | $0.00 / 1M | $0.08 / 1M |
Output Price Cost per million output tokens | $0.00 / 1M | $0.16 / 1M |
Blended Price Weighted 7:2:1 cache:input:output per 1M | $0.00 / 1M | $0.05 / 1M |
Context Window Maximum input + output tokens | 1.05M tokens~1,573 A4 pages of text | 8.2K tokens~12 A4 pages of text |
Max Output Tokens Per single request | 131K | 4K |
Throughput Speed Tokens generated per second | 58 tok/s | 135 tok/s |
SWE-bench Verified Real-world software engineering | 74.5% | 24% |
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level reasoning | 79% | 40% |
Cached Input Price Prompt caching discount per 1M tokens | $0.00 / 1M | $0.02 / 1M |
Quem vence em cada categoria?
At-a-glance decision frameworkPontuações de Benchmarks Verificadas
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Industry benchmark evaluating real-world GitHub issue resolution and multi-file debugging.
Challenging questions created by domain experts to test complex PhD-level reasoning.
Hardened reasoning and academic knowledge benchmark with reduced lucky-guess probability.
Crowdsourced human preference evaluation based on blind, head-to-head model battles.
Tokens emitted per second during active generation streaming.
Latência e Tempo de Resposta
Time to first token (TTFT) and estimated end-to-end response time for a typical 500-token response.
Simulador Interativo de Custo de Tokens
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Kimi K3 · Strengths & Key Advantages
- Arquitetura Colossus-Scale Multimodal Sparse Mixture-of-Experts avançada da Moonshot AI com contexto de 1.0M tokens
- Excelente relação custo-benefício ($0/1M entrada, $0/1M saída) e baixa latência
- Forte desempenho em benchmarks de código, análise lógica e tarefas multilíngues
Considerations & Trade-offs
- Cargas de trabalho com contexto máximo exigem monitoramento de custos de tokens
- Requer engenharia de prompt adequada para fluxos de trabalho altamente específicos
Aya Expanse 8B · Strengths & Key Advantages
- Arquitetura Compact Multilingual Dense Transformer avançada da Cohere com contexto de 8K tokens
- Excelente relação custo-benefício ($0.08/1M entrada, $0.16/1M saída) e baixa latência
- Forte desempenho em benchmarks de código, análise lógica e tarefas multilíngues
Considerations & Trade-offs
- Cargas de trabalho com contexto máximo exigem monitoramento de custos de tokens
- Requer engenharia de prompt adequada para fluxos de trabalho altamente específicos
Token Use & Task Economics
Estimated cost and token consumption to complete one representative agentic task.
| Metric | Kimi K3 | Aya Expanse 8B |
|---|---|---|
Cost per Task Estimated USD to finish one task | $2.00 | $0.04 |
Output Tokens / Task Tokens generated per task | 35K | 18K |
Reasoning Tokens / Task Thinking tokens burned per task | 18K | 0K |
Especificações Técnicas
Architecture, release timeline, capabilities, and modalities.
| Feature | Kimi K3 | Aya Expanse 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Official API Model ID (SDK) | kimi-k3 | aya-expanse-8b |
| API Protocol | OpenAI-Compatible REST / vLLM / SGLang / HuggingFace TGI | OpenAI-Compatible REST / vLLM / SGLang / HuggingFace TGI |
| Release Date | 2026-07 | 2024-10 |
| Knowledge Cutoff | March 2026 | August 2024 |
| Architecture | Colossus-Scale Multimodal Sparse Mixture-of-Experts | Compact Multilingual Dense Transformer |
| Parameters | 2.8T total (MoE) | 8B |
| Enterprise Rate Limits (RPM / TPM) | Unlimited (Hardware-bound on self-hosted GPU) / 10,000 RPM Cloud · Unlimited local throughput / 10M+ TPM Managed Cloud | Unlimited (Hardware-bound on self-hosted GPU) / 10,000 RPM Cloud · Unlimited local throughput / 10M+ TPM Managed Cloud |
| Long-Context Tier (>128K/200K) | Free across full context window (only KV-cache VRAM scales) | Flat rate ($0.08/1M in) across full 8K window |
| Prompt Cache Policy & TTL | Automatic prefix KV-caching in vLLM / SGLang (0 cost) | Cached input at $0.02/1M tokens |
| Computer Use / GUI Agent | Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops) | API / CLI Tool-Use & DOM Agent ready (no raw pixel desktop click loop) |
| MCP & Parallel Tool Calling | Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema | Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema |
| Web Search Grounding & Sandbox | Supported via external Tavily/Exa Search & E2B/Docker Sandbox tools | Supported via external Tavily/Exa Search & E2B/Docker Sandbox tools |
| Official Fine-Tuning Support | Full Weights SFT, LoRA, QLoRA, DPO & GRPO RL (Unsloth / Axolotl / Llama-Factory) | Full Weights SFT, LoRA, QLoRA, DPO & GRPO RL (Unsloth / Axolotl / Llama-Factory) |
| Multimodal Token Billing | Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile) | Text BPE (~4 chars/token) |
| Quantization & Min GPU VRAM | BF16 / FP16, FP8 Dynamic, INT4 AWQ / GPTQ, GGUF (Q4_K_M / Q8_0) · 1736 GB VRAM (4-bit Quantized) · 6020 GB VRAM (Native BF16) | BF16 / FP16, FP8 Dynamic, INT4 AWQ / GPTQ, GGUF (Q4_K_M / Q8_0) · 5 GB VRAM (4-bit Quantized) · 17 GB VRAM (Native BF16) |
| Safety & Frontier Classification | Open-Weights System Card + Customizable Guardrail Layer (Llama Guard / ShieldGemma) | Open-Weights System Card + Customizable Guardrail Layer (Llama Guard / ShieldGemma) |
| Enterprise Compliance (ZDR/HIPAA/SOC2) | 100% Air-Gapped On-Premises / Private VPC · Full HIPAA, GDPR & SOC2 Control | 100% Air-Gapped On-Premises / Private VPC · Full HIPAA, GDPR & SOC2 Control |
| Input Modalities | text, vision | text |
| Output Modalities | text | text |
Kimi K3 vs Aya Expanse 8B: Respostas Rápidas (FAQ)
Which is more intelligent, Kimi K3 or Aya Expanse 8B?
Kimi K3 is more intelligent. It scores 93 compared with 36 on the composite Intelligence Index.
Which model is faster?
Aya Expanse 8B is faster, generating 135 tokens per second compared with 58 tokens per second.
Which model is cheaper to run?
Kimi K3 is cheaper at $0.00 per 1M tokens blended, compared with $0.05 (7:2:1 cache:input:output ratio).
Which model has lower latency?
Aya Expanse 8B has lower latency, with a time to first token of 0.30s compared with 0.72s.
Which model has a larger context window?
Kimi K3 has a larger context window, supporting 1.05M tokens compared with 8.2K tokens.
Veredito
Choose Kimi K3 for automação corporativa, engenharia de software, agentes autônomos e pipelines de produção com moonshot ai, or choose Aya Expanse 8B for automação corporativa, engenharia de software, agentes autônomos e pipelines de produção com cohere.
Perguntas Frequentes (FAQ)
Which is cheaper: Kimi K3 or Aya Expanse 8B?+
Kimi K3 costs $0/1M input and $0/1M output tokens, while Aya Expanse 8B costs $0.08/1M input and $0.16/1M output tokens.
Which model has a larger context window: Kimi K3 or Aya Expanse 8B?+
Kimi K3 supports 1.0M tokens whereas Aya Expanse 8B supports 8K tokens.
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Fontes oficiais: Moonshot AI & Cohere Official Documentation