Kimi K3 vs gpt-oss-20b: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Kimi K3 and gpt-oss-20b releases: 2 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 4 models.
- For intelligence, Kimi K3 scores highest: Kimi K3 (max) at 44, against gpt-oss-20b (low) at 10 for gpt-oss-20b.
- For output speed, gpt-oss-20b is fastest: gpt-oss-20b (low) at 254 t/s, against Kimi K3 (max) at 35 t/s for Kimi K3.
- For cost per task, gpt-oss-20b is cheapest: gpt-oss-20b (high) at $0.01, against Kimi K3 (low) at $1.15 for Kimi K3.
Releases compared
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indices
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kimi K3 (max) |  Kimi | 44 | 47 | 51 | 49 | 45 | 43 | 53 | $2.00 | $2.3 | $3.00 | $15.00 | $0.30 | $3,658 | 48k | 32k | 161M | 35 | 4.54s | 62.11s | 76.51s | 1257.04s | 2.8T 104B active at inference time | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text |    +9 | |||
| Kimi K3 (low) | Kimi | 30 | 33 | 40 | 35 | - | 30 | 37 | $1.15 | $2.3 | $3.00 | $15.00 | $0.30 | $1,190 | 12k | 6k | 22M | 33 | 3.81s | 63.80s | 78.80s | 330.30s | 2.8T 104B active at inference time | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text |   | |||
| gpt-oss-20b (low) |  OpenAI | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.07 | $0.20 | - | - | - | - | - | 254 | 0.83s | 8.69s | 10.66s | - | 21B 3.6B active at inference time | 131k | Aug 2025 | May 2025 | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |    +5 | |||
| gpt-oss-20b (high) | OpenAI | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 11 | $0.01 | $0.1 | $0.06 | $0.19 | - | $29 | 18k | 16k | 70M | 219 | 0.76s | 9.88s | 12.16s | 77.75s | 21B 3.6B active at inference time | 131k | Aug 2025 | May 2024 | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |    +6 | |||