# Kimi K3 vs Ripple-65B Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K3 and Ripple-65B Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-k3-vs-ripple-65b-preview
- Last updated: November 4, 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. Ripple-65B 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 69.34 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is DeepSWE in Coding, with scores of 67.5% and 44.3%.
- Ripple-65B 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 | Kimi K3 | Ripple-65B Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | Ricursive Intelligence |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 69.34 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 58 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 67.6 (Supported · #14/135)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Finch | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| b3 Agent Security | 88.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Cyber Misuse Refusal | 94.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.3% | 80.5% | 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% | 71.7% | Kimi K3 |
| AutomationBench | 30.8% | 36.4% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| 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 |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 31.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 58.7 (Supported · #20/156)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ScarfBench | 61.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 67.5% | 44.3% | Kimi K3 |
| 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 76.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 61.4% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 39.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 69.7 (#16/26)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Ripple-65B Preview | 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: 90 (#6/58)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Ripple-65B Preview | 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: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 67.2 (Supported · #24/179)
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 93.5% | 85.2% | Kimi K3 |
| HLE | 56% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 52.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Ripple-65B Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 98.3% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.0% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 90.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K3 or Ripple-65B Preview?

Kimi K3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

Kimi K3 currently has 58 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ripple-65B Preview cover on BenchLM?

Ripple-65B Preview currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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