Model comparison

Kimi K3 vs Olmo 7b Instruct

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K3 Moonshot AI

59.5

Rank #15 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K3 scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K3 leads 76.6 to 25.8.

Side by side

Kimi K3 and Olmo 7b Instruct specifications
Kimi K3Olmo 7b Instruct
ProviderMoonshot AIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index59.530.3
Released2026-07-16—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output1.05M—
Input $ / M tokens$3—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked5310

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding15081016
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), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 7b 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), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1496993
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), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math14911018
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)72.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 439%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions87.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench87%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond93.1%—
SimpleQA Verified50.6%—
LMArena Expert1521—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 7b Instruct
Blueprint-Bench 229.5%—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1466977
LMArena Chinese15291014
LMArena Russian1482947
LMArena French1491—
LMArena German1488—
LMArena Japanese1487—
LMArena Korean1458—
LMArena Spanish1472—

Instruction Following Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1483978

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1494—

Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14761032
LMArena Creative Writing1454990
LMArena Multi-Turn14881007
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2082—
EQ-Bench 41339—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K3 better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K3 or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K3 and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K3 has 53 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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