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GEMINI 3 FLASH VS KIMI K3
Google vs Moonshot AI, in USD per million tokens, cross-checked daily against the public pricing dataset. Same jobs, both meters running.
Every Google model's price →Every Moonshot AI model's price →
Kimi K3 costs 5.1x more than Gemini 3 Flash for the same job — a 1,000-token prompt with a 3,000-token reply runs $0.05 vs $0.0095. At 1,000 runs a day, that gap is $1,155.00 a month for identical traffic.
SIDE BY SIDE
| Gemini 3 Flash → | Kimi K3 → | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Moonshot AI | |
| Input / MTok | $0.500 | $3.00 |
| Output / MTok | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Output multiple | 6.0x | 5.0x |
| 1K prompt + 3K reply | $0.0095 | $0.05 |
SAME JOB, BOTH BILLS
| Scenario | Gemini 3 Flash | Kimi K3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| A typical prompt | $0.0029 | $0.01 | 5.1x |
| A 20-turn conversation | $0.01 | $0.07 | 5.1x |
| Summarizing a 10-page document | $0.01 | $0.07 | 5.3x |
| One agent run | $0.04 | $0.19 | 5.0x |
| A code review request | $0.01 | $0.06 | 5.1x |
Output sizes use the same editorial ratios as the Burn Calculator. Estimates, not invoices — and price is not a benchmark: the cheaper model is only a bargain if it does the job.
SETTLE IT WITH YOUR OWN PROMPT
Paste a real prompt into the Burn Calculator and see what it costs on Gemini 3 Flash, Kimi K3 and the other 37 models on the board — plus how much of it is waste either way.