Model comparison

Kimi K3 vs Qwen-14B

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K3 Moonshot AI

59.5

Rank #15 Confirmed

Qwen-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #275 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K3 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen-14B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K3 leads 76.6 to 27.6.

Side by side

Kimi K3 and Qwen-14B specifications
Kimi K3Qwen-14B
ProviderMoonshot AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index59.531.4
Released2026-07-162023-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output1.05M—
Input $ / M tokens$3—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked5318

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#288)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen-14B
LMArena Coding15081071
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), Qwen-14B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen-14B
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), Qwen-14B: 19.6 (#257)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts14961027
Epoch Capabilities Index157.45113.03
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%—
BIG-Bench Hard—55%
ForecastBench61.1—
LAMBADA—71.1%
PIQA—79.9%

Math Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#227)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen-14B
LMArena Math14911068
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)72.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 439%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions87.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench87%—
GSM8K—61.3%

Knowledge Not comparable

Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21), Qwen-14B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen-14B
GPQA Diamond93.1%—
SimpleQA Verified50.6%—
LMArena Expert1521—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.4%
BoolQ—86.2%
MMLU—66.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70), Qwen-14B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen-14B
Blueprint-Bench 229.5%—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21), Qwen-14B: 27.5 (#275)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen-14B
LMArena Non-English14661041
LMArena Chinese15291077
LMArena French1491—
LMArena German1488—
LMArena Japanese1487—
LMArena Korean1458—
LMArena Russian1482—
LMArena Spanish1472—

Instruction Following Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14), Qwen-14B: 52.4 (#289)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen-14B
LMArena Instruction Following14831031

Long Context Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29), Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#280)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen-14B
LMArena Longer Query14941028

Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4), Qwen-14B: 27.6 (#299)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen-14B
LMArena Text14761051
LMArena Creative Writing14541028
LMArena Multi-Turn14881022
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2082—
EQ-Bench 41339—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K3 better than Qwen-14B?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K3 or Qwen-14B better for coding?

Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K3 and Qwen-14B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K3 has 53 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.

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