# Atria Dawn Preview vs Kimi K3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Atria Dawn Preview and Kimi K3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/atria-dawn-preview-vs-kimi-k3
- Last updated: September 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Atria Dawn Preview only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Kimi K3 leads overall 74.9 to 63.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 51.6 for Atria Dawn Preview and 68 for Kimi K3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AutomationBench in Agentic, with scores of 53.8% and 30.8%.
- Atria Dawn Preview is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Kimi K3 also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Atria Dawn Preview | Kimi K3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Pending |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1.05M |
| Overall Score | null | 74.9 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 44 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $3.00 / $15.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Atria Dawn Preview public-lane score: 57.9 (Estimated · #31/153)
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 72 (Supported · #4/153)

| Benchmark | Atria Dawn Preview | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AutomationBench | 53.8% | 30.8% | Atria Dawn Preview |
| BFCL v4 | 77.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 86.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 96.0% | 95.0% | Atria Dawn Preview |
| BrowseComp | 92.5% | 91.2% | Atria Dawn Preview |
| skillsBench | 66.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MLE-Bench Lite | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 81.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 41.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 78.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 50.3% | 52.9% | Kimi K3 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 88.3% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 73.2% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 37.6% | Coming soon |
| SpreadsheetBench 2 | Coming soon | 34.8% | Coming soon |
| DECK-Bench | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 80.9% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 18% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Atria Dawn Preview public-lane score: 51.6 (Estimated · #51/152)
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 68 (Supported · #6/152)

| Benchmark | Atria Dawn Preview | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 78.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 67.5% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | Coming soon | 72.9% | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | Coming soon | 42% | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | Coming soon | 36.6% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 73.7% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 57.3% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 25.9% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 93.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Atria Dawn Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 89.5 (#1/48)

| Benchmark | Atria Dawn Preview | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 63.3% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 81.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 84.8% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 97.8% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 23.0% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | Coming soon | 41.0% | Coming soon |
| WorldVQA ForceAnswer | Coming soon | 51.0% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | Coming soon | 58.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Atria Dawn Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 78.5 (#3/20)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Atria Dawn Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 72 (Supported · #8/183)

| Benchmark | Atria Dawn Preview | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 56% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 43.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Atria Dawn Preview or Kimi K3?

Kimi K3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Atria Dawn Preview and Kimi K3?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 51.6 for Atria Dawn Preview and 68 for Kimi K3.

### How many benchmarks does Atria Dawn Preview cover on BenchLM?

Atria Dawn Preview currently has 13 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K3 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K3 currently has 44 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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