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Kimi K3 vs Muse Wonder

Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 and Meta's Muse Wonder, side by side: what each costs, how much it can read at once, whether you can run it yourself, and where independent tests place it.

  • Kimi K3cheaper per output token
  • 1Mcontext window, both
  • 2–3higher placings on boards ranking both
In short

How they differ.

Worked out from the figures below. Prices and specs are the makers' own, read Oct 20, 2026.

  • Kimi K3 is cheaper per output token: $15 against $20 per million tokens, so Muse Wonder costs 1.3 times as much.
  • Kimi K3 can be downloaded and run on your own machine; Muse Wonder can't.
  • On the 5 independent boards that rank both, Muse Wonder places higher on 3 and Kimi K3 on 2.
Side by side

The specs.

Kimi K3Muse Wonder
Made byMoonshot AI · ChinaMeta · US
ReleasedNot statedOct 12, 2026
Price per 1M tokens$3 in / $15 out$4 in / $20 out
Context window1M1M
Takes intext, image, videotext, image, video, audio, pdf
Download and run it yourselfYes (Kimi K3 License)No
Size2.8T parameters, 104B activeNot published
Maker says“Kimi K3 is an open-weight, native multimodal agentic model and our most capable model to date.”“Frontier coding, long-running agents, and advanced computer use.”
SourcesPrices, Oct 20, 2026 · DescriptionPrices, Oct 20, 2026 · Description
Independent tests

Where they place.

Position on each board we follow (1 is best). Epoch AI's and Vectara's scores are shown; the other boards are linked for their own figures.

BoardKimi K3Muse Wonder
Epoch Capabilities IndexEpoch AI, Oct 20, 2026#17157.42Not listed
LMArena textLMArena, Oct 15, 2026#18#2
LMArena creative writingLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not listed#8
LMArena coding chatsLMArena, Oct 15, 2026#12#5
LMArena WebDevLMArena, Oct 19, 2026#16#17
LMArena mathLMArena, Oct 15, 2026#16Not listed
LMArena Agent ArenaLMArena, Oct 19, 2026Not listed#13
Humanity's Last ExamScale AI#14#7
SWE-Bench ProScale AI, Sep 22, 2026#4#6
Vals IndexVals AI, Oct 19, 2026#18Not listed
Vibe Code BenchVals AI, Oct 18, 2026#16Not listed
ProofBenchVals AI, Oct 12, 2026#12Not listed
GPQA Diamond (run by Vals AI, archived)Vals AI, Sep 1, 2026#12Not listed
MMMU Pro (run by Vals AI, archived)Vals AI, Sep 1, 2026#11Not listed