Kimi K3 vs Ling 3.0 Flash: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Kimi K3 is developed by Moonshot AI, while Ling 3.0 Flash comes from InclusionAI. Kimi K3 was released in July 2026, and Ling 3.0 Flash followed a month later in August 2026. Kimi K3 is the larger model at roughly 2.8 trillion parameters, against 124 billion for Ling 3.0 Flash.
The two models share 3 published benchmarks. Kimi K3 leads on 3 of them. The widest gaps are on Terminal-Bench 2.1, where Kimi K3 scores 88.3% against 57.0%; BrowseComp, where Kimi K3 scores 91.2% against 72.2%. Averaged across everything we track, Kimi K3 sits at 67.8% and Ling 3.0 Flash at 68.5%.
Ling 3.0 Flash is the cheaper API at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.18 per million output tokens, roughly 50 times cheaper than Kimi K3 at $3 and $15. Kimi K3 takes the larger context window at 1M tokens, compared with 131K for Ling 3.0 Flash. Kimi K3 accepts text and images as input, while Ling 3.0 Flash accepts text. On tooling, only Kimi K3 supports function calling and only Kimi K3 offers structured output.
| Characteristic | Kimi K3 | Ling 3.0 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Moonshot AI | InclusionAI |
| Release Date | July 16, 2026 | August 4, 2026 |
| Parameters | 2.8T | 124B |
| Multimodal | Yes | No |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 131K |
| Context (output) | 1.0M | 131K |
| Input Price / 1M | $3.00 | $0.06 |
| Output Price / 1M | $15.00 | $0.18 |
| Average Score | 67.8% | 68.5% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.3% | 57.0% |
| BrowseComp | 91.2% | 72.2% |
| MCP Atlas | 84.2% | 65.5% |
Visual Benchmark Comparison
Verdict
Ling 3.0 Flash leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Kimi K3 — 0.7, Ling 3.0 Flash — 0.7.
Ling 3.0 Flash is 75.0x cheaper: input $0.06/1M vs $3.00/1M tokens.
Kimi K3 supports a larger context: 1M vs 131K tokens.
Ling 3.0 Flash is newer: released 8/4/2026 vs 7/16/2026.
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