Moonshot AI's K3 Model Priced Significantly Higher Than K2, Rivals GPT-5.6 Sol
Moonshot AI's K3 model output token price is $15 per 1 million tokens, a substantial increase from K2.6's $4 per 1 million tokens. This positions K3 as cheaper on a cost per task basis than Opus 4.8, similar to GPT-5.6 Sol, and more expensive than open-weight models like GLM-5.2 and DeepSeek V4 Pro.
So What
Moonshot AI's K3 model pricing reflects a premium for its capabilities, shifting inference cost dynamics for developers evaluating frontier models.