Model comparison

Kimi K3 vs o1-pro

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K3 Moonshot AI

59.5

Rank #15 Confirmed

o1-pro OpenAI

31.5

Rank #271 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Kimi K3 scores higher in 2 categories and o1-pro in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Kimi K3 leads 63.0 to 20.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 94.5% for Kimi K3 and 23.3% for o1-pro.
  • Kimi K3 is cheaper at $3 / $15 per million input/output tokens, against $150 / $600 for o1-pro.
  • Kimi K3 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 200K.
  • Kimi K3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Kimi K3 and o1-pro specifications
Kimi K3o1-pro
ProviderMoonshot AIOpenAI
Noometry Index59.531.5
Released2026-07-162025-03-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1.05M200K
Max output1.05M100K
Input $ / M tokens$3$150
Output $ / M tokens$15$600
Results tracked533

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10), o1-pro: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3o1-pro
DeepSWE68.5%—
FrontierCode44.2%—
LMArena WebDev1654—
FrontierSWE25.9%—
SciCode59.5%—
WeirdML82.6%—
LMArena Coding1508—
ALE-Bench1,524—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20), o1-pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3o1-pro
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), o1-pro: 20.4 (#239)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3o1-pro
ARC-AGI-194.5%23.3%
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
SimpleBench60.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)93.6%—
CritPt23.4%—
Chess Puzzles39%—
EnigmaEval—6.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1496—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench91.2%—
LMCA52.7%—
Surface Evolver Bench95%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.45—
ForecastBench61.1—

Math Not comparable

Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16), o1-pro: —

Knowledge Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21), o1-pro: 29.7 (#234)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3o1-pro
GPQA Diamond93.1%—
Humanity's Last Exam—8.1%
SimpleQA Verified50.6%—
LMArena Expert1521—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70), o1-pro: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3o1-pro
Blueprint-Bench 229.5%—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21), o1-pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3o1-pro
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), o1-pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3o1-pro
LMArena Instruction Following1483—

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29), o1-pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3o1-pro
LMArena Longer Query1494—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4), o1-pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3o1-pro
LMArena Text1476—
LMArena Creative Writing1454—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2082—
EQ-Bench 41339—
LMArena Multi-Turn1488—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K3 better than o1-pro?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Kimi K3 or o1-pro?

Kimi K3 is cheaper. It lists at $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens; o1-pro lists at $150 and $600.

Which has the bigger context window?

Kimi K3 does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K3 and o1-pro share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Kimi K3 has 53 scored results on Noometry and o1-pro has 3.

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