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Mercury 2.5 vs Kimi K3

At a glance

Inception's latest diffusion LLM and the fastest reasoning model available, producing and refining tokens in parallel instead of one at a time.

260K ctx$0.04/$0.15 per M

MoonshotAI's 2.8T-parameter flagship for complex coding, knowledge work, and long-horizon agent runs.

1.0M ctx$3.00/$15.00 per M
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Reasoning
CodingInsufficient data
AgenticInsufficient data
ReasoningInsufficient data
MathInsufficient data
Sources:OpenRouter
Cheaper99%
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science—Expert-Level—
Agentic
Terminal Tasks—
Reasoning
CodingInsufficient data
MathInsufficient data
Sources:Provider·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-16
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science93.5%Expert-Level43.5%
Agentic
Terminal Tasks88.3%
Specs
260K
Context
66K
Max output
Sep 2026
Released
1.0M
Context
16K
Max output
Jul 2026
Released
Capabilities
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Pricing
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input99%$0.04/M tokens
Output99%$0.15/M tokens
Cache read99%$0.004/M tokens
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$3.00/M tokens
Output$15.00/M tokens
Cache read$0.30/M tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions: Mercury 2.5 vs Kimi K3▼

Which is better, Mercury 2.5 or Kimi K3?

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Both Mercury 2.5 and Kimi K3 are capable AI models. The best choice depends on your specific use case: consider pricing, context window, speed, and which capabilities (vision, reasoning, audio) you need.

Which is cheaper, Mercury 2.5 or Kimi K3?

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Mercury 2.5 has a lower blended cost. Mercury 2.5: $0.04 input / $0.15 output. Kimi K3: $3.00 input / $15.00 output.

Which has a larger context window, Mercury 2.5 or Kimi K3?

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Kimi K3 has a larger context window: Mercury 2.5 supports 260K tokens vs Kimi K3 at 1M tokens.

Do both Mercury 2.5 and Kimi K3 support vision?

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Kimi K3 supports vision/image input, but Mercury 2.5 does not.

What are the key differences between Mercury 2.5 and Kimi K3?

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Key differences: Mercury 2.5 is significantly cheaper; only Kimi K3 supports vision input. Compare full specs on this page.

Which model should I choose for my use case?

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If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both Mercury 2.5 and Kimi K3 for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.

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