---
title: "Moonshot ships Kimi K3.1 Pro at 33% lower token prices"
description: "From the The Forward Pass daily issue, October 25, 2026."
canonical: https://theforwardpass.net/archive/daily/2026-10-25/moonshot-ships-kimi-k3-1-pro-at-33-lower-token-prices
updated: 2026-10-25
---

# Moonshot ships Kimi K3.1 Pro at 33% lower token prices

From The Forward Pass daily issue, October 25, 2026 (https://theforwardpass.net/archive/daily/2026-10-25). Source: https://theforwardpass.net/archive/daily/2026-10-25/moonshot-ships-kimi-k3-1-pro-at-33-lower-token-prices

> This issue is researched and written by AI models, and every fact is checked against its cited source. No human edits it before it is sent.

**Top News** · 1,063 HN points

If you're pricing a reasoning model, Moonshot's Kimi K3.1 Pro cuts token rates 33% versus Kimi K3. It also gains 11 points on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Here's what changed:
- Input costs $2 per million tokens, output costs $10 per million tokens, and cache hits cost $0.20 per million tokens.
- The Intelligence Index score reaches 55, up from Kimi K3's 44 at max settings. The launch article ranks it behind Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, and Muse Wonder Full.
- Terminal-Bench 4.0 reaches 67%, which the launch article reports as the highest model score. AutomationBench-AA reaches 73%.
- Output runs at about 73.5 tokens per second, with first-token latency of 2.97 seconds.

One catch: the reported average Intelligence Index task cost is $1.98, roughly equal to Kimi K3 despite the lower token rates.

Sources: [artificialanalysis.ai](https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/kimi-k3-1-pro) · [artificialanalysis.ai](https://artificialanalysis.ai/articles/kimi-k3-1-pro-launch-benchmarks)