Model comparison

Kimi K3 vs Laguna M.1

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K3 Moonshot AI

59.5

Rank #15 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

32.5

Rank #256 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K3 scores higher in 3 categories and Laguna M.1 in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K3 leads 74.2 to 21.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 87% for Kimi K3 and 0% for Laguna M.1.
  • Kimi K3 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Kimi K3 and Laguna M.1 specifications
Kimi K3Laguna M.1
ProviderMoonshot AIPoolside
Noometry Index59.532.5
Released2026-07-162026-04-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output1.05M33K
Input $ / M tokens$3—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked533

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10), Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Laguna M.1
LMArena WebDev16541349
DeepSWE68.5%—
FrontierCode44.2%—
FrontierSWE25.9%—
SciCode59.5%—
WeirdML82.6%—
LMArena Coding1508—
ALE-Bench1,524—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20), Laguna M.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Laguna M.1
APEX-Agents50.6%—
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
PostTrainBench32%—
GBAEval48.3%—
GDP.pdf19%—
Vending-Bench 25,165—

Reasoning Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 63.0 (#17), Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Laguna M.1
Surface Evolver Bench95%15.6%
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
SimpleBench60.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)93.6%—
ARC-AGI-194.5%—
CritPt23.4%—
Chess Puzzles39%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1496—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench91.2%—
LMCA52.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.45—
ForecastBench61.1—

Math Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16), Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Laguna M.1
ProofBench87%0%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)72.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 439%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions87.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
LMArena Math1491—

Knowledge Not comparable

Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21), Laguna M.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Laguna M.1
GPQA Diamond93.1%—
SimpleQA Verified50.6%—
LMArena Expert1521—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70), Laguna M.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Laguna M.1
Blueprint-Bench 229.5%—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21), Laguna M.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Laguna M.1
LMArena Non-English1466—
LMArena Chinese1529—
LMArena French1491—
LMArena German1488—
LMArena Japanese1487—
LMArena Korean1458—
LMArena Russian1482—
LMArena Spanish1472—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14), Laguna M.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Laguna M.1
LMArena Instruction Following1483—

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29), Laguna M.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Laguna M.1
LMArena Longer Query1494—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4), Laguna M.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Laguna M.1
LMArena Text1476—
LMArena Creative Writing1454—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2082—
EQ-Bench 41339—
LMArena Multi-Turn1488—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K3 better than Laguna M.1?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K3 or Laguna M.1 better for coding?

Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Kimi K3 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K3 and Laguna M.1 share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K3 has 53 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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