Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Kimi K3
Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K3 in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K3 leads 76.6 to 33.4.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 59.5 |
| Released | — | 2026-07-16 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 1.05M |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $3 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $15 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 53 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K3 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | — | 68.5% |
| FrontierCode | — | 44.2% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1654 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 25.9% |
| SciCode | — | 59.5% |
| WeirdML | — | 82.6% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1508 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,524 |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | 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 Kimi K3 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Kimi K3: 63.0 (#17)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1496 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 60.4% |
| SimpleBench | — | 60.7% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 93.6% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 94.5% |
| CritPt | — | 23.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 39% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 26% |
| DTBench | — | 91.2% |
| LMCA | — | 52.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 95% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 157.45 |
| ForecastBench | — | 61.1 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | 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 | — | 1491 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 93.1% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 50.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1521 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 29.5% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 34.2% |
Multilingual Kimi K3 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1466 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1529 |
| LMArena French | — | 1491 |
| LMArena German | — | 1488 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1458 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1482 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1472 |
Instruction Following Kimi K3 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1483 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1494 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1476 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1454 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 2082 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1488 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Kimi K3?
Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Kimi K3 better for coding?
Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Kimi K3 share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K3 has 53.