Is Kimi K3 or Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct cheaper?

Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($1.50 vs $13.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Kimi K3 or Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct?

Kimi K3 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Kimi K3 vs Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct

Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Kimi K3 offers a larger context window. Choose Kimi K3 or Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Kimi K3	Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct
Provider	SiliconFlow	SiliconFlow
Input / 1M tokens	$2.70	$0.30
Output / 1M tokens	$13.50	$1.50
Context window	1M	262K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jul 2026	Oct 2025

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