Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Kimi K3
Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 147× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K3 in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K3 leads 74.2 to 12.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.8% for Granite 4.0 Micro and 97.2% for Kimi K3.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $3 / $15 for Kimi K3.
- Kimi K3 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 59.5 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2026-07-16 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 118K | 1.05M |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | $3 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | $15 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 53 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | — | 68.5% |
| FrontierCode | — | 44.2% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1654 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 25.9% |
| SciCode | — | 59.5% |
| WeirdML | — | 82.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1508 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,524 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | 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
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Kimi K3: 63.0 (#17)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 39% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 60.4% |
| SimpleBench | — | 60.7% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 93.6% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 94.5% |
| CritPt | — | 23.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1496 |
| 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
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | 97.2% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 72.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 39% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 87.8% |
| ProofBench | — | 87% |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1491 |
Knowledge Kimi K3 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | 93.1% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 50.6% |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1521 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 29.5% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 34.2% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 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
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1483 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1494 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1476 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1454 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 2082 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1488 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Kimi K3?
Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 147× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.0 Micro or Kimi K3?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 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 131K.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Kimi K3 share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K3 has 53.