Sakana: Fugu Max vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K3
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-11-07.
| Sakana: Fugu Max | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | sakana | moonshotai |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Input Price | $2.00/M | $0.19/M |
| Output Price | $6.00/M | $16.00/M |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max Output | 128,000 | 943,718 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, Fugu Max costs $3.50 and Kimi K3 costs $4.19, so Fugu Max is slightly cheaper for the same work.
Both take in a similar amount of text: 1,000,000 and 1,048,576 tokens, about 1,500 and 1,573 pages.
Only Kimi K3 offers video input.
Across the 10 tasks where they differ, Fugu Max scores higher on 6 (SQL Generation, Code Documentation, Regex Writing and others), Kimi K3 on 4 (Code Completion, JSON Extraction, Bulk Data Labeling and others).
Fugu Max was released in September 2026 and Kimi K3 in July 2026.
Pick Fugu Max if you need lower cost; pick Kimi K3 if you need video input.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
Who wins by task?
| Task | Sakana: Fugu Max | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 133 | 132 |
| Code Completion | 118 | 128 |
| Code Documentation | 130 | 128 |
| Regex Writing | 118 | 116 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 133 | 132 |
| JSON Extraction | 122 | 128 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 119 | 125 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 137 | 136 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 114 | 120 |
| Blog Post Writing | 121 | 120 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →