Model comparison
Aion 3.5 vs Kimi K3
Kimi K3 has enough public results to be ranked (#12); Aion 3.5 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Aion 3.5 scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K3 in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- Aion 3.5 is cheaper at $3 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $3 / $15 for Kimi K3.
- Kimi K3 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
- Kimi K3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Aion 3.5 | Kimi K3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | AionLabs | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 57.9 | 59.5 |
| Released | — | 2026-07-16 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 33K | 1.05M |
| Input $ / M tokens | $3 | $3 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | $15 |
| Results tracked | 1 | 53 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Aion 3.5: —, Kimi K3: 60.6 (#8)
| Benchmark | Aion 3.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | — | 68.5% |
| FrontierCode | — | 44.2% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1659 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 25.9% |
| SciCode | — | 59.5% |
| WeirdML | — | 82.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1509 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,524 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Aion 3.5: —, Kimi K3: 41.8 (#19)
| Benchmark | Aion 3.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 50.6% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 37.1% |
| PostTrainBench | — | 32% |
| GBAEval | — | 48.3% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 19% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,165 |
Reasoning Not comparable
Aion 3.5: —, Kimi K3: 63.0 (#15)
| Benchmark | Aion 3.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 60.4% |
| SimpleBench | — | 60.7% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 93.6% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 94.5% |
| CritPt | — | 23.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 39% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1495 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 26% |
| DTBench | — | 91.2% |
| LMCA | — | 52.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 95% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 157.68 |
| ForecastBench | — | 61.1 |
Math Not comparable
Aion 3.5: —, Kimi K3: 74.0 (#13)
| Benchmark | Aion 3.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 72.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 39% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 87.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 97.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 87% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1493 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Aion 3.5: —, Kimi K3: 63.2 (#19)
| Benchmark | Aion 3.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 93.1% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 50.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1520 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Aion 3.5: —, Kimi K3: 38.4 (#58)
| Benchmark | Aion 3.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 29.5% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 34.2% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Aion 3.5: —, Kimi K3: 56.5 (#20)
| Benchmark | Aion 3.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1466 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1528 |
| LMArena French | — | 1488 |
| LMArena German | — | 1474 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1492 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1465 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1481 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1478 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Aion 3.5: —, Kimi K3: 77.8 (#13)
| Benchmark | Aion 3.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1481 |
Long Context Not comparable
Aion 3.5: —, Kimi K3: 45.8 (#27)
| Benchmark | Aion 3.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1494 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads
Aion 3.5: 74.9, Kimi K3: 76.7 (#4)
| Benchmark | Aion 3.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1929 | 2082 |
| LMArena Text | — | 1476 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1452 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1488 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Aion 3.5 better than Kimi K3?
Kimi K3 has enough public results to be ranked (#12); Aion 3.5 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, Aion 3.5 or Kimi K3?
Aion 3.5 is cheaper. It lists at $3 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Kimi K3 lists at $3 and $15.
Which has the bigger context window?
Kimi K3 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Aion 3.5 and Kimi K3 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Aion 3.5 has 1 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K3 has 53.