Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Kimi K3
Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
DatabricksSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K3 in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K3 leads 76.6 to 15.2.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Kimi K3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 59.5 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2026-07-16 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 1.05M |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $3 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $15 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 53 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K3 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1508 |
| 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
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | 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
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Kimi K3: 63.0 (#17)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1496 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | 157.45 |
| 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% |
| ForecastBench | — | 61.1 |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Kimi K3 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1491 |
| 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% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 93.1% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 50.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1521 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 29.5% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 34.2% |
Multilingual Kimi K3 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1466 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1529 |
| LMArena French | — | 1491 |
| LMArena German | — | 1488 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1458 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1482 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1472 |
Instruction Following Kimi K3 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1483 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1494 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1476 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1454 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1488 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 2082 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1339 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Kimi K3?
Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Kimi K3 better for coding?
Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Kimi K3 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K3 has 53.