# Kimi K3 vs Laguna M.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K3 and Laguna M.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-k3-vs-laguna-m-1
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Laguna M.1 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 72.14 to 36.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 61.4 for Kimi K3 and 28.4 for Laguna M.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond (Vals) in Knowledge, with scores of 92.9% and 27.0%.
- Laguna M.1 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 | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | Poolside |
| Type | Pending | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 72.14 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 48 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 68.1 (Supported · #8/119)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 91.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 95.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 73.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 52.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SpreadsheetBench 2 | 34.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DECK-Bench | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 80.9% | 34.1% | Kimi K3 |
| ApprenticeBench | 18% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 45.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Kimi K3
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 61.4 (Supported · #18/144)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 28.4 (Supported · #98/144)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 67.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | 81.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 77.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | 72.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | 42% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | 36.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | 48.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 57.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 25.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.2% | 68.1% | Kimi K3 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 93.4% | 57.6% | Kimi K3 |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 32.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 74.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 63.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 49.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 45.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 65.8 (#18/27)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 94.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 89.4 (#1/49)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 81.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 84.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 91.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 94.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | 97.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 23.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | 41.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WorldVQA ForceAnswer | 51.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench | 91.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 58.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 67.9 (Supported · #18/171)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 93.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 56% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 43.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.9% | 27.0% | Kimi K3 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 88.0% | 68.8% | Kimi K3 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 52.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K3 or Laguna M.1?

Kimi K3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K3 and Laguna M.1?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 61.4 for Kimi K3 and 28.4 for Laguna M.1.

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

Kimi K3 currently has 48 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Laguna M.1 cover on BenchLM?

Laguna M.1 currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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