Model comparison

Kimi K3 vs Llama 2-70B

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K3 Moonshot AI

59.5

Rank #15 Confirmed

Llama 2-70B Meta

24.4

Rank #349 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K3 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-70B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K3 leads 74.2 to 8.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 97.2% for Kimi K3 and 0% for Llama 2-70B.

Side by side

Kimi K3 and Llama 2-70B specifications
Kimi K3Llama 2-70B
ProviderMoonshot AIMeta
Noometry Index59.524.4
Released2026-07-162023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output1.05M—
Input $ / M tokens$3—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked5335

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10), Llama 2-70B: 31.4 (#286)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-70B
LMArena Coding15081079
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), Llama 2-70B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-70B
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), Llama 2-70B: 14.4 (#325)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-70B
LMArena Hard Prompts14961073
DTBench91.2%41.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index157.45113.79
ForecastBench61.151.4
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
SimpleBench60.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)93.6%—
ARC-AGI-194.5%—
CritPt23.4%—
Chess Puzzles39%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
LMCA52.7%—
Surface Evolver Bench95%—
BIG-Bench Hard—64.9%
CommonsenseQA 2.0—50%
HellaSwag—85.3%
LAMBADA—78.9%
PIQA—82.8%
WinoGrande—80.2%

Math Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16), Llama 2-70B: 8.1 (#326)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-70B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%0%
LMArena Math14911091
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)72.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 439%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions87.8%—
ProofBench87%—
MATH Level 5—3.3%
GSM8K—69.6%

Knowledge Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21), Llama 2-70B: 7.4 (#310)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-70B
GPQA Diamond93.1%26.3%
LMArena Expert15211039
SimpleQA Verified50.6%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—78.3%
BoolQ—88.6%
MMLU—69.9%
OpenBookQA—60.2%
TriviaQA—87.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70), Llama 2-70B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-70B
Blueprint-Bench 229.5%—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21), Llama 2-70B: 27.7 (#274)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-70B
LMArena Non-English14661045
LMArena Chinese1529995
LMArena French14911090
LMArena German14881041
LMArena Japanese1487927
LMArena Korean1458964
LMArena Russian14821083
LMArena Spanish14721143

Instruction Following Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14), Llama 2-70B: 54.9 (#278)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-70B
LMArena Instruction Following14831071

Long Context Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29), Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#270)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-70B
LMArena Longer Query14941062

Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4), Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#279)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Llama 2-70B
LMArena Text14761115
LMArena Creative Writing14541075
LMArena Multi-Turn14881088
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2082—
EQ-Bench 41339—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K3 better than Llama 2-70B?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K3 or Llama 2-70B better for coding?

Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K3 and Llama 2-70B share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K3 has 53 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-70B has 35.

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