compare/Kimi-K2.6vsNemotron-3-120b-A12b

Kimi-K2.6 vs Nemotron-3-120b-A12b

Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

RUN BOTH LIVE

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 Kimi-K2.6
moonshot/kimi-k2.6
Nemotron-3-120b-A12b
nvidia/nemotron-3-120b-a12b
ProviderMoonshotNvidia
FamilyKimi
Modalitytexttext
Context window131,072 tok131,072 tok
Max output16,384 tok4,096 tok
Released2026-04-202026-02-24
Input price$0.950 /1M$0.500 /1M
Output price$4.00 /1M$1.20 /1M
Cache read$0.160 /1M
Toolsyesyes
Streamingyesyes
Visionyes
JSON modeyesyes
Reasoningyesyes
Prompt cachingyes
Kimi-K2.6
moonshot/kimi-k2.6
Full spec →

Kimi K2.6 is a frontier-scale open-source 1T parameter model with a 262.1k context window, multi-turn tool calling, vision inputs, and structured outputs for agentic workloads.

Strengths
  • Frontier-scale 1T parameters, open-weight
  • ~10× cheaper than Opus
  • Multi-turn tool calling + vision
Nemotron-3-120b-A12b
nvidia/nemotron-3-120b-a12b
Full spec →

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super is a hybrid MoE model with leading accuracy for multi-agent applications and specialized agentic AI systems.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, both models, one line different.

# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Try Kimi-K2.6
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="moonshot/kimi-k2.6",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try Nemotron-3-120b-A12b — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="nvidia/nemotron-3-120b-a12b",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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