Which is cheaper, Kimi K3 and GPT-6 Astra?

Kimi K3 has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: Kimi K3 from $2.70 and GPT-6 Astra from $10.00.

Which has the larger context window, Kimi K3 and GPT-6 Astra?

GPT-6 Astra has the largest context window: Kimi K3 1,048,576 tokens and GPT-6 Astra 1,050,000 tokens.

Which is better for coding, Kimi K3 and GPT-6 Astra?

GPT-6 Astra scores highest on the Artificial Analysis Coding Index: Kimi K3 76.2 and GPT-6 Astra 77.1.

Can I switch between Kimi K3 and GPT-6 Astra without changing my code?

Yes. All of them are served through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching is a change of the model parameter (moonshotai/kimi-k3, openai/gpt-6-astra).

Kimi K3 vs GPT-6 Astra

Side-by-side pricing per provider, context window, benchmark scores and speed, all on one OpenAI-compatible API.

Kimi K3 MoonshotAImoonshotai/kimi-k3

GPT-6 Astra OpenAIopenai/gpt-6-astra

Creator

MoonshotAI

OpenAI

Released

Jul 16, 2026

Sep 4, 2026

Context window

1.05M

Max output

1.05M

128K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$2.70$2.70–$3.00 across 4

$10.00

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$13.50$13.50–$15.00 across 4

$50.00

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

43.6

50.9

CodingArtificial Analysis index

76.2

77.1

LatencyMedian time to first token

7.4s

—

ThroughputMedian tokens per second

<1 t/s

—

Accepts

Text, Image

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

Kimi K3 vs GPT-6 Astra: summary

Kimi K3 and GPT-6 Astra are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

Kimi K3, from MoonshotAI, has a 1,048,576-token context window, costs from $2.70/1M input and $13.50/1M output tokens across 4 providers and scores 43.6 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

GPT-6 Astra, from OpenAI, has a 1,050,000-token context window, costs $10.00/1M input and $50.00/1M output tokens and scores 50.9 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Kimi K3 is the cheapest on input, 3.7× cheaper than the next model, GPT-6 Astra has the largest context window, GPT-6 Astra scores highest for intelligence and GPT-6 Astra leads on coding.

Switch with one line

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="moonshotai/kimi-k3", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="openai/gpt-6-astra", messages=[...])

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