Model comparison

Kimi K3 vs Qwen1.5-110B

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K3 Moonshot AI

59.5

Rank #15 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-110B Alibaba (Qwen)

34.2

Rank #234 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K3 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-110B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K3 leads 74.2 to 33.7.

Side by side

Kimi K3 and Qwen1.5-110B specifications
Kimi K3Qwen1.5-110B
ProviderMoonshot AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index59.534.2
Released2026-07-162024-04-25
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output1.05M—
Input $ / M tokens$3—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked5320

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.0 (#264)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Coding15081184
DeepSWE68.5%—
FrontierCode44.2%—
LMArena WebDev1654—
FrontierSWE25.9%—
SciCode59.5%—
WeirdML82.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—35%
BigCodeBench Complete—44.4%
ALE-Bench1,524—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20), Qwen1.5-110B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen1.5-110B
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), Qwen1.5-110B: 22.7 (#189)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Hard Prompts14961168
ForecastBench61.157.7
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—

Math Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.7 (#201)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Math14911185
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), Qwen1.5-110B: 31.2 (#219)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Expert15211144
GPQA Diamond93.1%—
SimpleQA Verified50.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70), Qwen1.5-110B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen1.5-110B
Blueprint-Bench 229.5%—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.6 (#250)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Non-English14661142
LMArena Chinese15291206
LMArena French14911151
LMArena German14881123
LMArena Japanese14871074
LMArena Korean14581044
LMArena Russian14821118
LMArena Spanish14721142

Instruction Following Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14), Qwen1.5-110B: 60.3 (#252)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Instruction Following14831158

Long Context Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29), Qwen1.5-110B: 35.1 (#242)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Longer Query14941157

Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4), Qwen1.5-110B: 38.0 (#255)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Text14761175
LMArena Creative Writing14541148
LMArena Multi-Turn14881160
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2082—
EQ-Bench 41339—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K3 better than Qwen1.5-110B?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K3 or Qwen1.5-110B better for coding?

Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 33.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K3 and Qwen1.5-110B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K3 has 53 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-110B has 20.

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