# Kimi K3 vs Ling 3.0 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K3 and Ling 3.0 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-k3-vs-ling-3-0-flash
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 10
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ling 3.0 Flash 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 74.43 to 46.83.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 72 for Kimi K3 and 42.3 for Ling 3.0 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 56% and 22.7%.
- Ling 3.0 Flash 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 | Ling 3.0 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | InclusionAI |
| Type | Pending | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 74.43 | 46.83 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 44 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 72 (Supported · #4/154)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 42.3 (Estimated · #110/154)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 88.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 91.2% | 72.2% | Kimi K3 |
| DeepSearchQA | 95.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 73.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 84.2% | 65.5% | Kimi K3 |
| 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% | 50.2% | Kimi K3 |
| ApprenticeBench | 18% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 44.8% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 73.6% | Coming soon |
| DRACO | Coming soon | 70.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Kimi K3
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 67.7 (Supported · #6/154)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 40.8 (Supported · #116/154)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 67.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 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% | 84.0% | Kimi K3 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 93.4% | 65.2% | Kimi K3 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 56.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 72.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 41.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 89.4 (#1/48)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Ling 3.0 Flash | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 78.5 (#3/20)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 71.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Kimi K3
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 71.9 (Supported · #8/184)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 44.6 (Supported · #116/184)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93.5% | 85.0% | Kimi K3 |
| GPQA-D | 93.5% | 85.0% | Kimi K3 |
| HLE | 56% | 22.7% | Kimi K3 |
| HLE w/o tools | 43.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.9% | 84.8% | Kimi K3 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 88.0% | 82.0% | Kimi K3 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 72.1 (#63/124)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 74.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 72.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 93.2% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K3 or Ling 3.0 Flash?

Kimi K3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K3 and Ling 3.0 Flash?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 72 for Kimi K3 and 42.3 for Ling 3.0 Flash.

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

Kimi K3 currently has 44 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ling 3.0 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Ling 3.0 Flash currently has 22 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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