Kimi K3: Open Frontier Intelligence(kimi.com)
1730 points by vincent_s 21 hours ago | 1014 comments
tl;dr: Moonshot has released Kimi K3, a 2.8T-parameter open-weight model with Kimi Delta Attention, Attention Residuals, and a 1M-token context window, activating 16 of 896 MoE experts. It claims frontier-level performance on coding, agentic, and reasoning benchmarks—outperforming GLM-5.2 and Claude Opus 4.8 in many cases, though still trailing Claude Fable 5 and GPT 5.6 Sol. Available now via API ($3/MTok input, $15/MTok output), with full weights slated for release by July 27, 2026.
HN Discussion:
  • Personal testing confirms K3's impressive capabilities on coding and debugging tasks
  • Pricing is too high for a Chinese open model, making it a mediocre product despite strong benchmarks
  • Model size and specs position Kimi K3 as the largest open model, validating frontier claims
  • Chinese labs commoditizing intelligence raises strategic questions about their business model
  • Demo outputs like website generation and chip design showcase genuinely frontier-level abilities