# Kimi K3 vs LFM3-1.7B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K3 and LFM3-1.7B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-k3-vs-lfm3-1-7b
- Last updated: October 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Kimi K3 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Kimi K3 has the higher overall point estimate 70.21 to 22.99. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 67.7 for Kimi K3 and 14.4 for LFM3-1.7B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 88.3% and 12.9%.
- LFM3-1.7B 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 | LFM3-1.7B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | LiquidAI |
| Type | Pending | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 70.21 | 22.99 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 54 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 67.7 (Supported · #14/134)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 14.4 (Estimated · #123/134)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.3% | 12.9% | Kimi K3 |
| 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% | 32.6% | Kimi K3 |
| AutomationBench | 30.8% | 41.3% | LFM3-1.7B |
| 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 18% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Index | 39.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Bench | 71.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 71.4% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 68.0% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 38.4% | Coming soon |
| ToolSandbox | Coming soon | 80.36% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 68.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 13.9% | Coming soon |
| LiveClaw | Coming soon | 45.60% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 59.1 (Supported · #22/155)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 13 (Estimated · #142/155)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | LFM3-1.7B | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 32.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | 21.0 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 2.0 | 17.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 28.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 43.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 23% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 12.9% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 31.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 69.8 (#16/26)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 94.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RULER (128K) | Coming soon | 65.56% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 90.2 (#6/58)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ExtractBench (LlamaIndex) | 83.17% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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: Directional only
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 67.9 (Supported · #25/189)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 25.5 (Estimated · #175/189)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93.5% | 63.4% | Kimi K3 |
| GPQA-D | 93.5% | 63.4% | Kimi K3 |
| HLE | 56% | 7.2% | Kimi K3 |
| HLE w/o tools | 43.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 88.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 71.7 (#76/156)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 52.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| Multi-IF | Coming soon | 89.10% | Coming soon |
| IFStruct | Coming soon | 93.72% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K3 or LFM3-1.7B?

Kimi K3 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K3 and LFM3-1.7B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 67.7 for Kimi K3 and 14.4 for LFM3-1.7B.

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

Kimi K3 currently has 54 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does LFM3-1.7B cover on BenchLM?

LFM3-1.7B currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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