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Model comparison

Hy3 Preview vs Kimi K2

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 9 shared benchmark results across 3 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

53/100
Margin
25.9pts
← winning
Moonshot AI
27.15/100
0 category wins0 category wins

BenchAlign evidence: Hy3 Preview not scored; Kimi K2 supported. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Hy3 Preview and Kimi K2 share 9 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 13 results are unique to Hy3 Preview; 6 to Kimi K2.

Updated July 16, 2026
Shared results
9
Hy3 Preview only
13
Kimi K2 only
6
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Hy3 Preview and Kimi K2 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 9 shared benchmark results across 3 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Kimi K2 is priced at $0.60 input / $2.50 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Hy3 Preview. Hy3 Preview has the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Kimi K2.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Hy3 Preview and Kimi K2
CategoryHy3 PreviewΔKimi K2
AgenticHy3 Preview54.4MarginNo overlapKimi K2Not measured
CodingHy3 Preview57.8MarginNo overlapKimi K2Not measured
KnowledgeHy3 Preview33.8MarginNo overlapKimi K2Not measured
MathHy3 PreviewNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K216.1
Inst. FollowingHy3 Preview63.1MarginNo overlapKimi K2Not measured

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricHy3 PreviewKimi K2Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensHy3 Preview$0 input / $0 outputKimi K2$0.6 input / $2.5 outputHy3 Preview has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondHy3 PreviewNot availableKimi K243 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenHy3 PreviewNot availableKimi K21.51 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensHy3 Preview256KKimi K2128KHy3 Preview lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkHy3 PreviewKimi K2Result
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 54.4%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 36.91%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 30.7%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 35.7%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1214Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 61.1%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkHy3 PreviewKimi K2Result
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 74.4%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 54.4%Not comparable
SciCodeSource 41.2%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 47.6%34.5%Hy3 Preview leads
AA Coding IndexSource 58.8%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench HardSource 15.9%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkHy3 PreviewKimi K2Result
AA-LCRSource 66.7%51.0%Hy3 Preview leads
CritPtSource 4.9%0.0%Hy3 Preview leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkHy3 PreviewKimi K2Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 41.2%19.4%Hy3 Preview leads
GPQASource 87.2%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 87.2%Not comparable
HLESource 25.5%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 31.5%26.8%Hy3 Preview leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 73.0%74.2%Hy3 Preview leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 89.7%76.6%Hy3 Preview leads
AA-HLESource 31.6%7.0%Hy3 Preview leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -18.5%-27.5%Hy3 Preview leads
Math
BenchmarkHy3 PreviewKimi K2Result
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 21.404%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 0.000%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkHy3 PreviewKimi K2Result
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1085Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkHy3 PreviewKimi K2Result
IFBenchSource 63.1%Not comparable
AA-IFBenchSource 41.5%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Hy3 Preview and Kimi K2 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for Hy3 Preview and Kimi K2 today?

Hy3 Preview: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens Kimi K2: $0.60 input / $2.50 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 16, 2026

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