# Kimi K3 vs Wizardlm 70b

> Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/kimi-k3-vs-wizardlm-70b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K3 scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Kimi K3 leads 63.0 to 20.7.

## Snapshot

| | Kimi K3 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 59.5 | 33.0 |
| Rank | 15 | 249 |
| Context | 1.05M | — |
| Input $/M | $3 | — |
| Output $/M | $15 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10)
- Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1508 | 1081 |
| DeepSWE | 68.5% | — |
| FrontierCode | 44.2% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1654 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 25.9% | — |
| SciCode | 59.5% | — |
| WeirdML | 82.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,524 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20)
- Wizardlm 70b: —

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| 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: 63.0 (#17)
- Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1496 | 1079 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | — |
| SimpleBench | 60.7% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 93.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 94.5% | — |
| CritPt | 23.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 39% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 26% | — |
| DTBench | 91.2% | — |
| LMCA | 52.7% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 95% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 157.45 | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.1 | — |

## Math

- Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16)
- Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1491 | 1116 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 72.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 39% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 87.8% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 97.2% | — |
| ProofBench | 87% | — |

## Knowledge

- Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21)
- Wizardlm 70b: —

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.1% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 50.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1521 | — |

## Multimodal

- Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70)
- Wizardlm 70b: —

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 29.5% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 34.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21)
- Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1466 | 1078 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1529 | 1052 |
| LMArena German | 1488 | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | 1482 | 1155 |
| LMArena French | 1491 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1487 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1458 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1472 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14)
- Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1483 | 1093 |

## Long Context

- Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29)
- Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1494 | 1097 |

## Writing & Preference

- Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4)
- Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1476 | 1120 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1454 | 1149 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1488 | 1108 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 2082 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1339 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Kimi K3 better than Wizardlm 70b?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Kimi K3 or Wizardlm 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 Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K3 has 53 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.