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SwapKimi K3
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 is a very large model that can read text, images and video, free to download for research and non-commercial use and aimed at long coding and knowledge-work tasks.
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Epoch Capabilities Index · Epoch AI
Too close to call: GPT-5.4 and Kimi K3 are within the margin of error.
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LMArena text, adjusted for style · LMArena
Neck and neck: in blind votes, people pick each about as often as the other.
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LMArena WebDev · LMArena
In blind votes, people pick Kimi K3 over GPT-5.4 about 75% of the time.
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