Kimi K3vsSeed 2.0 Pro
Kimi K3 leads the overall Podium Score by 43.3 points (83.3 vs 40.0).Category wins: Kimi K3 4 — 0 Seed 2.0 Pro.Seed 2.0 Pro is the cheaper pick ($3/M vs $15/M per 1M output tokens). Seed 2.0 Pro is faster (40 t/s vs 37 t/s).
Key VerdictAggregated 2026 Benchmark Analysis
Kimi K3 is rated higher overall with a Podium Score of 83.3 (vs 40.0 for Seed 2.0 Pro). In head-to-head domain evaluations, Kimi K3 outperforms in 4 of 7 benchmark categories.
Coding & Engineering
Kimi K3 (61.5)
Inference Speed
Seed 2.0 Pro (40 t/s)
Cost Efficiency
Seed 2.0 Pro ($3/M/M)
| Metric | Kimi K3 | Seed 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Podium Score | 83.3 ▲ | 40.0 |
| Arena Elo | 1485 ▲ | 1456 |
| Intelligence Index | 57.0 | — |
| Coding | 61.5 ▲ | 9.9 |
| Math | 70.9 ▲ | 47.2 |
| Reasoning | 86.5 ▲ | 34.2 |
| Agentic | 100.0 | — |
| Knowledge | 19.7 | — |
| Multimodal | 83.5 | — |
| Long-context | 99.2 ▲ | 13.8 |
| Output speed | 37 t/s | 40 t/s ▲ |
| Output price | $15/M | $3/M ▲ |
| Context window | 1000K ▲ | 131K |
Scores aggregated from five independent leaderboards. See Methodology. More head-to-heads: Kimi K3 vs Claude Mythos · Kimi K3 vs Claude Fable 5 · Kimi K3 vs Claude Opus 5 · Kimi K3 vs GPT-5.6 Sol