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KimiReleased October 30, 2025Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Kimi · Released October 30, 2025
Intelligence score
9
At a glance
- Intelligence
- 9
- Speed
- —
- Latency
- —
- Input price
- Not published
- Output price
- Not published
- Context window
- 48tokens
- Parameters
- 49.1billions
Summary
Comparison summary
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct scores 9 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 7).
Specifications
Technical specifications
| Model name | Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct |
|---|---|
| Provider | Kimi |
| Release date | October 30, 2025 |
| Intelligence score | 9 |
| Speed | — |
| Latency (TTFT) | — |
| Input price | Not published |
| Output price | Not published |
| Context window | 48 tokens |
| Parameters | 49.1B |
| Reasoning | No |
| Input modalities | text |
| Output modalities | — |
| Open weights | Yes |
| License | MIT |
| API availability | — |
| Source | Model Intelligence legacy profile: kimi-linear-48b-a3b-instruct |
FAQ · 16
Frequently asked questions
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct was released on October 30, 2025.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct was created by Kimi.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct scores 9 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 7).
No, Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is not a reasoning model. It provides direct responses without extended chain-of-thought reasoning.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct supports text input.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct supports text output.
No, Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct does not support image input. It can only process text.
No, Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is not multimodal. It only supports text input.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct has a context window of 1.0M tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.
Yes, Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct has 49.1 billion parameters (3 billion active).
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is a Mixture of Experts (MoE) model with 49.1 billion total parameters, but only 3 billion active parameters are used during inference.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is released under the MIT license. This license allows commercial use.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct achieves a score of 9 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is an open weights model that can be self-hosted.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is an open weights model that can be downloaded and self-hosted.