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Kimi K3 vs Hy4 preview

For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), Kimi K3 costs 4.5× as much as Hy4 preview: $12.00 against $2.67 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.

Kimi K3Hy4 preview
Input, per 1M tokens$3.00$0.834
Output, per 1M tokens$15.00$2.50
Context window1.05M1.05M
Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000$1.95$0.525
Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000$12.00$2.67
Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000$31.50$7.92
Confidence signalyesno
Tool callingyesyes

Which one should carry your traffic?

If Hy4 preview answers your requests as well as Kimi K3, moving that traffic saves 78% on chat-shaped requests. Averages cannot tell you whether it does for your requests. Hy4 preview does not expose a confidence signal through OpenRouter, so Gimbix would test it as a full replacement rather than a first answer.

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