Model comparison

Kimi K3 vs Yi-1.5-34B

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K3 Moonshot AI

59.5

Rank #15 Confirmed

Yi-1.5-34B 01.AI

30.6

Rank #289 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K3 scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K3 leads 63.2 to 14.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 93.1% for Kimi K3 and 32% for Yi-1.5-34B.

Side by side

Kimi K3 and Yi-1.5-34B specifications
Kimi K3Yi-1.5-34B
ProviderMoonshot AI01.AI
Noometry Index59.530.6
Released2026-07-162024-05-13
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output1.05M—
Input $ / M tokens$3—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked5321

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.4 (#272)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Coding15081169
DeepSWE68.5%—
FrontierCode44.2%—
LMArena WebDev1654—
FrontierSWE25.9%—
SciCode59.5%—
WeirdML82.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—33.9%
BigCodeBench Complete—43.8%
ALE-Bench1,524—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20), Yi-1.5-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Yi-1.5-34B
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), Yi-1.5-34B: 22.5 (#191)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14961160
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), Yi-1.5-34B: 27.5 (#249)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Math14911182
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)72.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 439%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions87.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench87%—
MATH Level 5—25.5%

Knowledge Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#295)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Yi-1.5-34B
GPQA Diamond93.1%32%
LMArena Expert15211144
SimpleQA Verified50.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70), Yi-1.5-34B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Yi-1.5-34B
Blueprint-Bench 229.5%—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.3 (#256)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Non-English14661121
LMArena Chinese15291213
LMArena French14911156
LMArena German14881111
LMArena Japanese14871021
LMArena Korean14581005
LMArena Russian14821091
LMArena Spanish14721121

Instruction Following Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.2 (#257)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14831139

Long Context Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#248)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Longer Query14941143

Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.4 (#257)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Text14761173
LMArena Creative Writing14541135
LMArena Multi-Turn14881153
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2082—
EQ-Bench 41339—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K3 better than Yi-1.5-34B?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K3 or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?

Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K3 and Yi-1.5-34B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K3 has 53 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.

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