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Kimi K3 vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
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Winner summary
Kimi K3 wins on 1/1 benchmarks
Kimi K3 wins 1 of 1 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge.
Category leads
knowledge·Kimi K3
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Kimi K3
#54 by perf·#18 by attention
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
#61 by perf·no signal
Best value
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
13.9x better value than Kimi K3
Kimi K3
7.7 pts/$
$7.72/M
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
107.0 pts/$
$0.54/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Moonshot AI
$50.0B·Tier 1
Mistral AI
$14.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
1 benchmark · 2 models
Kimi K3Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
GPQA diamond
Kimi K3 leads by +83.4
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
Kimi K3
90.8
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
7.5
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Mixtral 8x7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 90.8 | 7.5 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.45 | $15.00 | 1.0M tokens (~524 books) | $40.88 | |
| $0.54 | $0.54 | 33K tokens (~16 books) | $5.40 |