Model comparison

Kimi K3 vs Nemotron 4 340b Instruct

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K3 Moonshot AI

59.5

Rank #15 Confirmed

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct NVIDIA

35.9

Rank #223 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K3 scores higher in 8 categories and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K3 leads 74.2 to 34.3.

Side by side

Kimi K3 and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct specifications
Kimi K3Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
ProviderMoonshot AINVIDIA
Noometry Index59.535.9
Released2026-07-162024-06-14
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output1.05M—
Input $ / M tokens$3—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked5317

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 35.2 (#228)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Coding15081209
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), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
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), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 23.4 (#178)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14961202
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
SimpleBench60.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)93.6%—
ARC-AGI-194.5%—
CritPt23.4%—
Chess Puzzles39%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench91.2%—
LMCA52.7%—
Surface Evolver Bench95%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.45—
ForecastBench61.1—

Math Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 34.3 (#195)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Math14911216
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)72.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 439%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions87.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench87%—

Knowledge Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 32.0 (#216)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Expert15211171
GPQA Diamond93.1%—
SimpleQA Verified50.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
Blueprint-Bench 229.5%—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.9 (#233)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14661206
LMArena Chinese15291214
LMArena French14911197
LMArena German14881192
LMArena Japanese14871128
LMArena Korean14581148
LMArena Russian14821219
LMArena Spanish14721195

Instruction Following Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 63.1 (#232)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14831203

Long Context Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.1 (#221)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14941225

Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 42.7 (#233)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Text14761225
LMArena Creative Writing14541203
LMArena Multi-Turn14881214
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2082—
EQ-Bench 41339—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K3 better than Nemotron 4 340b Instruct?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K3 or Nemotron 4 340b Instruct better for coding?

Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K3 and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K3 has 53 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has 17.

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