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Kimi K3.1 Pro vs GPT-6.1 Sol

Moonshot AI against OpenAI, compared on listed price, real workload cost, context and capabilities.

The short answer

  • Kimi K3.1 Pro and GPT-6.1 Sol list the same input and output prices.
  • GPT-6.1 Sol reads cached input for less ($0.1/M against Kimi K3.1 Pro's $0.2/M), which decides the bill for agents that resend long context.

Side-by-side specs

SpecKimi K3.1 ProGPT-6.1 Sol
ProviderMoonshot AIOpenAI
Input price$2/M$2/M
Output price$10/M$10/M
Cached input$0.2/M$0.1/M
Blended price (3:1)$4/M$4/M
Context window1M tokens1M tokens
Max output—128k tokens
InputText, ImagesText, Images
Structured outputYesYes
WeightsClosedClosed
ReleasedOctober 2026September 29, 2026

Same work, both models

WorkloadKimi K3.1 ProGPT-6.1 Sol
One chat reply3,000 tokens in, 500 outSame$0.01$0.01
Summarise a 100-page report50,000 tokens in, 1,500 out, one request$0.12$0.12
1,000 classification calls500 tokens in, 20 out, per call$1.20$1.20
Coding-agent session2M tokens in across ~60 turns, 60,000 out, no cache$4.60$4.60
Same session, cached85% of input read from the prompt cache, the rest written to itWithin 5%$1.54$1.52

At listed rates. Token counts are typical sizes, not measurements.

Kimi K3.1 Pro pricing notes

  • Not included in any plan: every request bills from credits.
  • Context caching is automatic: cache hits bill at $0.20 per 1M input tokens, a tenth of the input rate.
  • Thinking is always on, at max effort by default, and reasoning tokens bill at the output rate.

GPT-6.1 Sol pricing notes

  • Requests over 272K input tokens bill the entire request at 2x the input and cache rates and 1.5x the output rate; the listed price is the short-context rate.
  • Cache hits bill at $0.10 per 1M tokens, half GPT-6 Sol's $0.20; cache writes cost $2.50 (30-minute) or $5.00 (12-hour).

When to pick which

Kimi K3.1 Pro

The first model of Moonshot AI's K3.1 series and its most capable Kimi to date: a 3T-class reasoning model with native vision and a 1M-token context. It costs a third less per token than Kimi K3; Moonshot says full weights ship by November 4, 2026.

Pick it if

  • you want Moonshot's current flagship at a lower rate than Kimi K3
  • your prompts outgrow the 256K context of Kimi 2.6 and 2.7 Code
  • you resend long prompts, so cache hits bill at a tenth of input

Skip it if

  • you need temperature or top_p control: they are fixed
  • Kimi 2.6 or 2.7 Code covers your workload at a lower rate

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol, for complex coding and professional work, replaced GPT-6 Sol at the same $2 / $10 rate with half Sol's cache-hit price. It sits below GPT-6 Astra and above GPT-6 Luna in price.

Pick it if

  • you want complex coding work at one-fifth of GPT-6 Astra's token price
  • you resend long prompts; cache hits bill at 5% of input
  • your prompts mix text and images

Skip it if

  • GPT-6 Luna at $0.10 / $0.50 covers your workload
  • your prompts often pass 272K input tokens; the whole request then bills higher

FAQ

Which is cheaper, Kimi K3.1 Pro or GPT-6.1 Sol?

Kimi K3.1 Pro and GPT-6.1 Sol list the same input and output prices. On a coding-agent session (2M tokens in, 60,000 out) Kimi K3.1 Pro costs $4.60 and GPT-6.1 Sol $4.60.

Can I switch between Kimi K3.1 Pro and GPT-6.1 Sol mid-task?

Yes. In an Octomind session, /model octohub:kimi-k3.1-pro and /model octohub:gpt-6.1-sol switch models without losing the conversation, so you can draft on one and review on the other.

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Prices from the catalog of 2026-10-31