Model comparison
Hunyuan Vision 1.5 vs Kimi K3
Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Hunyuan Vision 1.5 scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K3 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Kimi K3 leads 63.0 to 28.9.
- Kimi K3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Hunyuan Vision 1.5 | Kimi K3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Tencent | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 59.5 |
| Released | — | 2026-07-16 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 1.05M |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $3 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $15 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 53 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K3 leads
Hunyuan Vision 1.5: 41.8 (#119), Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10)
| Benchmark | Hunyuan Vision 1.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1418 | 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
Hunyuan Vision 1.5: —, Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20)
| Benchmark | Hunyuan Vision 1.5 | 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
Hunyuan Vision 1.5: 28.9 (#97), Kimi K3: 63.0 (#17)
| Benchmark | Hunyuan Vision 1.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1416 | 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
Hunyuan Vision 1.5: —, Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16)
| Benchmark | Hunyuan Vision 1.5 | 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
Hunyuan Vision 1.5: —, Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21)
| Benchmark | Hunyuan Vision 1.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 93.1% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 50.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1521 |
Multimodal Kimi K3 leads
Hunyuan Vision 1.5: 35.7 (#84), Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70)
| Benchmark | Hunyuan Vision 1.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1180 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 29.5% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 34.2% |
Multilingual Kimi K3 leads
Hunyuan Vision 1.5: 50.3 (#125), Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21)
| Benchmark | Hunyuan Vision 1.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1382 | 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
Hunyuan Vision 1.5: 73.7 (#117), Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14)
| Benchmark | Hunyuan Vision 1.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1397 | 1483 |
Long Context Kimi K3 leads
Hunyuan Vision 1.5: 42.9 (#115), Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29)
| Benchmark | Hunyuan Vision 1.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1404 | 1494 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads
Hunyuan Vision 1.5: 60.1 (#100), Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4)
| Benchmark | Hunyuan Vision 1.5 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1405 | 1476 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1388 | 1454 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1422 | 1488 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 2082 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1339 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Hunyuan Vision 1.5 better than Kimi K3?
Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Hunyuan Vision 1.5 or Kimi K3 better for coding?
Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Hunyuan Vision 1.5 and Kimi K3 share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Hunyuan Vision 1.5 has 9 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K3 has 53.