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Kimi K3 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), Kimi K3 costs 5.6× as much as Nemotron 3 Ultra: $12.00 against $2.16 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.

Kimi K3Nemotron 3 Ultra
Input, per 1M tokens$3.00$0.60
Output, per 1M tokens$15.00$2.40
Context window1.05M262K
Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000$1.95$0.384
Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000$12.00$2.16
Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000$31.50$6.00
Confidence signalyesno
Tool callingyesyes

Which one should carry your traffic?

If Nemotron 3 Ultra answers your requests as well as Kimi K3, moving that traffic saves 82% on chat-shaped requests. Averages cannot tell you whether it does for your requests. Nemotron 3 Ultra does not expose a confidence signal through OpenRouter, so Gimbix would test it as a full replacement rather than a first answer.

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