Model comparison
Kimi K3 vs Llama 3.2 90B
Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K3 scores higher in 5 categories and Llama 3.2 90B in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K3 leads 74.2 to 11.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 97.2% for Kimi K3 and 2.6% for Llama 3.2 90B.
Side by side
| Kimi K3 | Llama 3.2 90B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 59.5 | 27.5 |
| Released | 2026-07-16 | 2024-09-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 1.05M | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $3 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $15 | — |
| Results tracked | 53 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Kimi K3 leads
Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20), Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 50.6% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 37.1% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 32% | — |
| BALROG | — | 27.3% |
| GBAEval | 48.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 19% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,165 | — |
Reasoning Kimi K3 leads
Kimi K3: 63.0 (#17), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 157.45 | 125.5 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | — |
| SimpleBench | 60.7% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 93.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 94.5% | — |
| CritPt | 23.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 39% | — |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1496 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 26% | — |
| DTBench | 91.2% | — |
| LMCA | 52.7% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 95% | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.1 | — |
Math Kimi K3 leads
Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16), Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 97.2% | 2.6% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 72.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 39% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 87.8% | — |
| ProofBench | 87% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1491 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.4% |
Knowledge Kimi K3 leads
Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.1% | 41% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 50.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1521 | — |
| MMLU | — | 80.3% |
Multimodal Kimi K3 leads
Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70), Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1000 |
| GeoBench | — | 52% |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 29.5% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 34.2% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Not comparable
Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1483 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1494 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1476 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1454 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 2082 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1339 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1488 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K3 better than Llama 3.2 90B?
Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K3 and Llama 3.2 90B share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K3 has 53 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.