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Kimi K3 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro

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 K3
moonshot/kimi-k3
DeepSeek V4 Pro
deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro
ProviderMoonshotDeepseek
FamilyDeepSeek
Modalitytexttext
Context window1,048,576 tok131,072 tok
Max output32,768 tok32,768 tok
Released2026-07-162026-06-08
Input price$3.00 /1M$1.74 /1M
Output price$15.00 /1M$3.48 /1M
Cache read
Toolsyes
Streamingyesyes
Visionyes
JSON modeyes
Reasoningyes
Prompt caching
Kimi K3
moonshot/kimi-k3
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Kimi K3 is Moonshot's flagship 2.8 trillion-parameter model, built on Kimi Delta Attention (a hybrid linear attention mechanism) with Attention Residuals. It offers native visual understanding, always-on reasoning, and a 1M-token context window for long-horizon coding, knowledge work, and deep reasoning tasks.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
DeepSeek V4 Pro
deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro
Full spec →

DeepSeek V4 Pro is a high-capability reasoning model from DeepSeek, served via Fireworks infrastructure for production-grade inference.

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 K3
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="moonshot/kimi-k3",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try DeepSeek V4 Pro — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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