Model comparison

DeepSeek LLM 67B vs Kimi K3

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek LLM 67B DeepSeek

24.9

Rank #347 Confirmed

Kimi K3 Moonshot AI

59.5

Rank #15 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek LLM 67B 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 8.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 0.8% for DeepSeek LLM 67B and 97.2% for Kimi K3.

Side by side

DeepSeek LLM 67B and Kimi K3 specifications
DeepSeek LLM 67BKimi K3
ProviderDeepSeekMoonshot AI
Noometry Index24.959.5
Released2023-11-292026-07-16
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—1.05M
Max output—1.05M
Input $ / M tokens—$3
Output $ / M tokens—$15
Results tracked1553

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K3 leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 31.9 (#278), Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BKimi K3
LMArena Coding10961508
DeepSWE—68.5%
FrontierCode—44.2%
LMArena WebDev—1654
FrontierSWE—25.9%
SciCode—59.5%
WeirdML—82.6%
ALE-Bench—1,524

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek LLM 67B: —, Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BKimi 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

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 16.5 (#304), Kimi K3: 63.0 (#17)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BKimi K3
Chess Puzzles0%39%
LMArena Hard Prompts10701496
Epoch Capabilities Index110.5157.45
ARC-AGI-2—60.4%
SimpleBench—60.7%
NYT Connections (extended)—93.6%
ARC-AGI-1—94.5%
CritPt—23.4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—26%
DTBench—91.2%
LMCA—52.7%
Surface Evolver Bench—95%
ForecastBench—61.1

Math Kimi K3 leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 8.7 (#324), Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BKimi K3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250.8%97.2%
LMArena Math11081491
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—72.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4—39%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—87.8%
ProofBench—87%
MATH Level 56.4%—

Knowledge Kimi K3 leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 7.0 (#313), Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BKimi K3
GPQA Diamond24.6%93.1%
SimpleQA Verified—50.6%
LMArena Expert—1521

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek LLM 67B: —, Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BKimi K3
Blueprint-Bench 2—29.5%
Furniture Assembly—34.2%

Multilingual Kimi K3 leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 29.4 (#267), Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BKimi K3
LMArena Non-English10731466
LMArena Chinese11321529
LMArena French—1491
LMArena German—1488
LMArena Japanese—1487
LMArena Korean—1458
LMArena Russian—1482
LMArena Spanish—1472

Instruction Following Kimi K3 leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 55.4 (#277), Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BKimi K3
LMArena Instruction Following10791483

Long Context Kimi K3 leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 33.1 (#265), Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BKimi K3
LMArena Longer Query10921494

Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 31.6 (#282), Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BKimi K3
LMArena Text11051476
LMArena Creative Writing10671454
LMArena Multi-Turn10821488
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—2082
EQ-Bench 4—1339

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek LLM 67B better than Kimi K3?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek LLM 67B or Kimi K3 better for coding?

Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek LLM 67B and Kimi K3 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek LLM 67B has 15 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K3 has 53.

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