Kimi K3 vs Qwen3.8 Max: side-by-side summary

Kimi K3 and Qwen3.8 Max 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 $2.60/M tokens input, $13/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Qwen3.8 Max, from Qwen, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $2/M tokens input, $6/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

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

Price

• Kimi K3: $2.60/M tokens input, $13/M tokens output
• Qwen3.8 Max: $2/M tokens input, $6/M tokens output

Provided by

• Kimi K3: moonshotai
• Qwen3.8 Max: Qwen

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