Model comparison

Kimi K3 vs Olmo 3 32b Think

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K3 Moonshot AI

59.5

Rank #15 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K3 scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3 32b Think in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K3 leads 74.2 to 36.5.

Side by side

Kimi K3 and Olmo 3 32b Think specifications
Kimi K3Olmo 3 32b Think
ProviderMoonshot AIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index59.538.7
Released2026-07-16—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output1.05M—
Input $ / M tokens$3—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked5314

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding15081319
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), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 3 32b Think
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), Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts14961302
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), Olmo 3 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Math14911316
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), Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Expert15211273
GPQA Diamond93.1%—
SimpleQA Verified50.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 3 32b Think
Blueprint-Bench 229.5%—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English14661255
LMArena Chinese15291300
LMArena French14911291
LMArena German14881290
LMArena Russian14821254
LMArena Japanese1487—
LMArena Korean1458—
LMArena Spanish1472—

Instruction Following Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following14831275

Long Context Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query14941296

Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K3Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text14761300
LMArena Creative Writing14541256
LMArena Multi-Turn14881290
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2082—
EQ-Bench 41339—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K3 better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K3 or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?

Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 38.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K3 and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K3 has 53 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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