Noometry

Model comparison

DBRX vs Kimi K3

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

Kimi K3 Moonshot AI

59.5

Rank #15 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K3 leads 74.2 to 24.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 93.1% for Kimi K3.

Side by side

DBRXKimi K3
ProviderDatabricksMoonshot AI
Noometry Index29.459.5
Released2024-03-272026-07-16
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—1.05M
Max output—1.05M
Input $ / M tokens—$3
Output $ / M tokens—$15
Results tracked2153

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K3 leads

DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10)

BenchmarkDBRXKimi K3
LMArena Coding11321508
DeepSWE—68.5%
FrontierCode—44.2%
LMArena WebDev—1654
FrontierSWE—25.9%
SciCode—59.5%
WeirdML—82.6%
ALE-Bench—1,524
HumanEval+70.1%—
MBPP+55.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DBRX: —, Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20)

BenchmarkDBRXKimi 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

DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Kimi K3: 63.0 (#17)

BenchmarkDBRXKimi K3
LMArena Hard Prompts11131496
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 Kimi K3 leads

DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16)

BenchmarkDBRXKimi K3
LMArena Math11451491
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%
MATH Level 511.7%—

Knowledge Kimi K3 leads

DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21)

BenchmarkDBRXKimi K3
GPQA Diamond32.9%93.1%
LMArena Expert10761521
SimpleQA Verified—50.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

DBRX: —, Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70)

BenchmarkDBRXKimi K3
Blueprint-Bench 2—29.5%
Furniture Assembly—34.2%

Multilingual Kimi K3 leads

DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21)

BenchmarkDBRXKimi K3
LMArena Non-English10711466
LMArena Chinese10681529
LMArena French10961491
LMArena German10571488
LMArena Japanese9901487
LMArena Korean9931458
LMArena Russian10781482
LMArena Spanish10641472

Instruction Following Kimi K3 leads

DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14)

BenchmarkDBRXKimi K3
LMArena Instruction Following11121483

Long Context Kimi K3 leads

DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29)

BenchmarkDBRXKimi K3
LMArena Longer Query11121494

Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads

DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4)

BenchmarkDBRXKimi K3
LMArena Text11191476
LMArena Creative Writing11041454
LMArena Multi-Turn11111488
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—2082
EQ-Bench 4—1339

Frequently asked questions

Is DBRX better than Kimi K3?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is DBRX or Kimi K3 better for coding?

Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DBRX and Kimi K3 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K3 has 53.

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