dots3-note Preview vs
Kimi K3

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Models in this comparison

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D
Model type
Open Weight
Evidence state
Estimated evidence
Published context
512,000
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M

Moonshot AI

Kimi K3

Model type
Unknown
Evidence state
Supported evidence
Published context
1,050,000

Key implications

Insufficient shared-metric coverage. Each finding is tied to a published metric, price, context, or modality fact.

  1. Context window: Kimi K3 has the larger published context window (1,050,000 tokens vs 512,000 tokens).

Shared metric view

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Comparable metric detail

  • Agenticdots3-note Preview: 61.1 · Kimi K3: 73.64
  • Codingdots3-note Preview: 61.5 · Kimi K3: 78.58
  • InstructionFollowingdots3-note Preview: 92.2 · Kimi K3: Unavailable
  • Knowledgedots3-note Preview: 76.2 · Kimi K3: 83.8
  • MultimodalGroundeddots3-note Preview: 63.6 · Kimi K3: 86.2
  • Reasoningdots3-note Preview: 76 · Kimi K3: Unavailable
  • Overalldots3-note Preview: 68.66 · Kimi K3: 80.61

Source metrics

Friendly metric names and published units stay visible. Missing measurements remain unavailable rather than becoming a score.

Source metric comparison
MetricUnitdots3-note PreviewKimi K3
Agenticscore61.173.64
Codingscore61.578.58
InstructionFollowingscore92.2Unavailable
Knowledgescore76.283.8
MultimodalGroundedscore63.686.2
Reasoningscore76Unavailable
Overallscore68.6680.61

Agentic

Unit
score
dots3-note Preview
61.1
Kimi K3
73.64

Coding

Unit
score
dots3-note Preview
61.5
Kimi K3
78.58

InstructionFollowing

Unit
score
dots3-note Preview
92.2
Kimi K3
Unavailable

Knowledge

Unit
score
dots3-note Preview
76.2
Kimi K3
83.8

MultimodalGrounded

Unit
score
dots3-note Preview
63.6
Kimi K3
86.2

Reasoning

Unit
score
dots3-note Preview
76
Kimi K3
Unavailable

Overall

Unit
score
dots3-note Preview
68.66
Kimi K3
80.61

Pricing and context

Verification is shown beside each selected route. Missing facts remain Not verified.

Route pricing and context comparison
FieldUnitdots3-note PreviewKimi K3
Input API priceUSD / 1M tokensNot verified$3
Cached input API priceUSD / 1M tokensNot verified$0.3
Output API priceUSD / 1M tokensNot verified$15
Route contexttokensNot verified1,050,000
Input modalitiespublished listNot verifiedNot verified
Output modalitiespublished listNot verifiedNot verified

Input API price

Unit
USD / 1M tokens
dots3-note Preview
Not verified
Kimi K3
$3

Cached input API price

Unit
USD / 1M tokens
dots3-note Preview
Not verified
Kimi K3
$0.3

Output API price

Unit
USD / 1M tokens
dots3-note Preview
Not verified
Kimi K3
$15

Route context

Unit
tokens
dots3-note Preview
Not verified
Kimi K3
1,050,000

Input modalities

Unit
published list
dots3-note Preview
Not verified
Kimi K3
Not verified

Output modalities

Unit
published list
dots3-note Preview
Not verified
Kimi K3
Not verified

Evidence provenance

Source records, route identity, timestamps, and methodology are consolidated here without declaring either model a winner.

Publication time
Aug 30, 2026, 2:15 AM UTC
Freshness
Stale — Published weekly benchmark evidence has not refreshed within 8 days.
Methodology
benchlm: benchlm_raw_composite
Model records
  • dots3-note Preview — source benchlm · artifact models · model dots3-note-preview
  • Kimi K3 — source benchlm · artifact models · model kimi-3
Selected price routes
  • dots3-note Preview — Not published
  • Kimi K3 — route benchlm:kimi-3 · source benchlm · provider moonshot-ai

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