Kimi K3 vs Qwen3.8 27B: side-by-side summary

Kimi K3 and Qwen3.8 27B are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Kimi K3, from moonshotai, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $2.55/M tokens input, $12.75/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Qwen3.8 27B, from Qwen, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $0.35/M tokens input, $2.75/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Kimi K3: 1,048,576 tokens
• Qwen3.8 27B: 1,000,000 tokens

Price

• Kimi K3: $2.55/M tokens input, $12.75/M tokens output
• Qwen3.8 27B: $0.35/M tokens input, $2.75/M tokens output

Provided by

• Kimi K3: moonshotai
• Qwen3.8 27B: Qwen

• Kimi K3 model details, providers and pricing
• Qwen3.8 27B model details, providers and pricing