Kimi VL A3B Thinking

Moonshot AI chatvisionreasoning Free

API ID: moonshotai/kimi-vl-a3b-thinking

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Input Price
Free
/1M tokens
Output Price
Free
/1M tokens

About Kimi VL A3B Thinking

Kimi is Moonshot AI's flagship model series, delivering exceptional performance on complex reasoning and coding tasks. The models feature advanced capabilities competing with frontier models. Kimi variants include vision-enabled and thinking-enhanced versions. The series demonstrates Moonshot AI's rapid advancement in AI capability. For developers seeking capable AI from an innovative Chinese lab, Kimi offers strong performance.

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Model Specifications

Context Length
131k
Max Output
—
Release Date
2025-04-10
Capabilities
chat vision reasoning
Input Modalities
imagetext
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

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  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)
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OpenAI-compatible SDK 
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="moonshotai/kimi-vl-a3b-thinking",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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