Model comparison

Kimi K3 vs Llama 2-7B

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K3 Moonshot AI

59.5

Rank #15 Confirmed

Llama 2-7B Meta

29.1

Rank #317 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K3 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K3 leads 76.6 to 28.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 39% for Kimi K3 and 0% for Llama 2-7B.

Side by side

Kimi K3 and Llama 2-7B specifications
Kimi K3Llama 2-7B
ProviderMoonshot AIMeta
Noometry Index59.529.1
Released2026-07-162023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output1.05M—
Input $ / M tokens$3—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked5329

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10), Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-7B
LMArena Coding15081002
DeepSWE68.5%—
FrontierCode44.2%—
LMArena WebDev1654—
FrontierSWE25.9%—
SciCode59.5%—
WeirdML82.6%—
ALE-Bench1,524—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20), Llama 2-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-7B
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), Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-7B
Chess Puzzles39%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14961009
Epoch Capabilities Index157.4599.06
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
SimpleBench60.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)93.6%—
ARC-AGI-194.5%—
CritPt23.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench91.2%—
LMCA52.7%—
Surface Evolver Bench95%—
BIG-Bench Hard—39.2%
ForecastBench61.1—
HellaSwag—77.2%
LAMBADA—73.3%
PIQA—78.8%
WinoGrande—69.2%

Math Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16), Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-7B
LMArena Math14911042
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)72.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 439%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions87.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench87%—
GSM8K—16.7%

Knowledge Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-7B
LMArena Expert15211036
GPQA Diamond93.1%—
SimpleQA Verified50.6%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—45.9%
BoolQ—77.9%
MMLU—45.8%
OpenBookQA—58.6%
TriviaQA—73.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70), Llama 2-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-7B
Blueprint-Bench 229.5%—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—
ScienceQA—43.1%

Multilingual Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21), Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-7B
LMArena Non-English1466973
LMArena Chinese1529973
LMArena French1491970
LMArena German1488978
LMArena Russian1482995
LMArena Spanish14721007
LMArena Japanese1487—
LMArena Korean1458—

Instruction Following Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14), Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-7B
LMArena Instruction Following14831006

Long Context Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-7B
LMArena Longer Query1494999

Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4), Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-7B
LMArena Text14761053
LMArena Creative Writing14541033
LMArena Multi-Turn14881029
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2082—
EQ-Bench 41339—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K3 better than Llama 2-7B?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K3 or Llama 2-7B better for coding?

Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K3 and Llama 2-7B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K3 has 53 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.

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