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Kimi K3 vs MiMo-V2-Flash

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 14 shared benchmark results across 4 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Moonshot AI
80.96/100
Margin
26.9pts
← winning
54.06/100
0 category wins1 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Kimi K3 #4 (Supported); MiMo-V2-Flash #91 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Kimi K3 and MiMo-V2-Flash share 14 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 43 results are unique to Kimi K3; 5 to MiMo-V2-Flash.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
14
Kimi K3 only
43
MiMo-V2-Flash only
5
Comparable categories
1 / 8

Pick Kimi K3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiMo-V2-Flash only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 14 shared benchmark results across 4 evidence categories; 1 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Kimi K3 is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 80.96 to 54.06. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Kimi K3 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $3.00 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for MiMo-V2-Flash. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Kimi K3 gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 256K for MiMo-V2-Flash.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Kimi K3 and MiMo-V2-Flash
CategoryKimi K3ΔMiMo-V2-Flash
KnowledgeKimi K361.0Margin 23.7MiMo-V2-Flash84.7
AgenticKimi K389.5MarginNo overlapMiMo-V2-FlashNot measured
CodingKimi K3Not measuredMarginNo overlapMiMo-V2-Flash73.4
MultimodalKimi K378.5MarginNo overlapMiMo-V2-FlashNot measured

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Kimi K3B · MiMo-V2-Flash
  1. GPQA

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 93.5%B 83.7%
    Winner: Kimi K3Δ 9.8
    GPQA: Kimi K3 scored 93.5%; MiMo-V2-Flash scored 83.7%. Kimi K3 wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricKimi K3MiMo-V2-FlashComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensKimi K3$3 input / $15 outputMiMo-V2-Flash$0 input / $0 outputMiMo-V2-Flash has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondKimi K3Not availableMiMo-V2-Flash129 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenKimi K3Not availableMiMo-V2-Flash2.14 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensKimi K31.05MMiMo-V2-Flash256KKimi K3 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkKimi K3MiMo-V2-FlashResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 88.3%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 91.2%Not comparable
DeepSearchQASource 95.0%Not comparable
Toolathlon-VerifiedSource 73.2%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 84.2%Not comparable
AutomationBenchSource 30.8%Not comparable
JobBenchSource 52.9%Not comparable
APEX-AgentsSource 37.6%Not comparable
SpreadsheetBench 2Source 34.8%Not comparable
DECK-BenchSource 73.5%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 50.1%12.0%Kimi K3 leads
GDPval-AASource 59.0%16.7%Kimi K3 leads
GDPval-AASource 1679833Kimi K3 leads
AA BriefcaseSource 1543Not comparable
AA AutomationBenchSource 52.7%Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 45.3%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 94.6%Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 33.4%Not comparable
aaTerminalBench21Source 85%Not comparable
APEX-Agents-AASource 41.3%Not comparable
AA ITBenchSource 47.7%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 83.9%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkKimi K3MiMo-V2-FlashResult
deepSweSource 67.5%Not comparable
FrontierSWESource 81.2%Not comparable
ProgramBenchSource 77.8%Not comparable
Kimi Code Bench v2Source 72.9%Not comparable
sweMarathonSource 42%Not comparable
PostTrain BenchSource 36.6%Not comparable
MLS-Bench LiteSource 48.3%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 76.2%49.8%Kimi K3 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 58.7%25.9%Kimi K3 leads
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 73.4%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkKimi K3MiMo-V2-FlashResult
AA-LCRSource 74.7%31.3%Kimi K3 leads
CritPtSource 23.4%0.0%Kimi K3 leads
KnowledgeMiMo-V2-Flash wins
BenchmarkKimi K3MiMo-V2-FlashResult
GPQASource 93.5%83.7%Kimi K3 leads
GPQA-DSource 93.5%Not comparable
HLESource 56%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 43.5%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 57.1%24.7%Kimi K3 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 93.5%65.6%Kimi K3 leads
AA-HLESource 44.3%8.0%Kimi K3 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 18.4%-48.5%Kimi K3 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 46.0%15.2%Kimi K3 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 50.9%75.1%Kimi K3 leads
MMLU-ProSource 84.9%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkKimi K3MiMo-V2-FlashResult
AIME 2025Source 94.1%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkKimi K3MiMo-V2-FlashResult
OfficeQA ProSource 63.3%Not comparable
MMMU-ProSource 81.6%Not comparable
MMMU-Pro w/ PythonSource 83.4%Not comparable
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 84.8%Not comparable
CharXivSource 91.3%Not comparable
MathVisionSource 94.3%Not comparable
MathVision w/ PythonSource 97.8%Not comparable
BabyVision w/ PythonSource 85.7%Not comparable
ZeroBenchSource 23.0%Not comparable
ZeroBench w/ PythonSource 41.0%Not comparable
WorldVQA ForceAnswerSource 51.0%Not comparable
OmniDocBenchSource 91.1%Not comparable
PerceptionBenchSource 58.5%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 80.5%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1386Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkKimi K3MiMo-V2-FlashResult
AA-IFBenchSource 39.9%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Kimi K3 or MiMo-V2-Flash?

Kimi K3 is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 80.96 to 54.06. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 93.5% and 83.7%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Kimi K3 or MiMo-V2-Flash?

MiMo-V2-Flash has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 84.7 versus 61. Inside this category, AA-Omniscience Index is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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