Model comparison
Kimi K3 vs Laguna M.1
Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
PoolsideSummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K3 scores higher in 3 categories and Laguna M.1 in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K3 leads 74.2 to 21.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 87% for Kimi K3 and 0% for Laguna M.1.
- Kimi K3 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Poolside |
| Noometry Index | 59.5 | 32.5 |
| Released | 2026-07-16 | 2026-04-28 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 1.05M | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $3 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $15 | — |
| Results tracked | 53 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K3 leads
Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10), Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204)
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1654 | 1349 |
| DeepSWE | 68.5% | — |
| FrontierCode | 44.2% | — |
| FrontierSWE | 25.9% | — |
| SciCode | 59.5% | — |
| WeirdML | 82.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1508 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,524 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 50.6% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 37.1% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 32% | — |
| GBAEval | 48.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 19% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,165 | — |
Reasoning Kimi K3 leads
Kimi K3: 63.0 (#17), Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184)
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Surface Evolver Bench | 95% | 15.6% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | — |
| SimpleBench | 60.7% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 93.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 94.5% | — |
| CritPt | 23.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 39% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1496 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 26% | — |
| DTBench | 91.2% | — |
| LMCA | 52.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 157.45 | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.1 | — |
Math Kimi K3 leads
Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16), Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283)
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 87% | 0% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 72.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 39% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 87.8% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 97.2% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1491 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.1% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 50.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1521 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 29.5% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 34.2% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1466 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1529 | — |
| LMArena French | 1491 | — |
| LMArena German | 1488 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1487 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1458 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1482 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1472 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1483 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1494 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1476 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1454 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 2082 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1339 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1488 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K3 better than Laguna M.1?
Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Kimi K3 or Laguna M.1 better for coding?
Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Kimi K3 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K3 and Laguna M.1 share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K3 has 53 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.