Kimi K3.1 Pro model weights are out(huggingface.co)
625 points by abrarthought 7 days ago | 186 comments
tl;dr: Moonshot released open weights for Kimi K3.1 Pro, a 2.8T-parameter MoE model (104B activated) with a 1M-token context, natively multimodal input, and Gated DeepSeek Sparse Attention replacing the prior Gated MLA layers for long-context efficiency. Benchmarks show it competitive with Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Astra, and Claude Fable 5.1 on coding and agentic tasks (e.g., leading on SWE Marathon, BrowseComp, and HLE-Full with tools), while trailing on some reasoning benchmarks like HLE-Diamond. It ships with MXFP4 quantization-aware training and is deployable via vLLM, SGLang, and TokenSpeed.
HN Discussion:
  • ~Model is too large for consumer hardware, limiting accessibility despite being 'open'
  • ↓Benchmarks are suspect/benchmaxxed and model doesn't truly compete with frontier offerings
  • ↑Release is a meaningful step toward commoditizing inference and breaking concentrated AI power
  • ↑Model performs well in real-world testing despite benchmaxxing accusations
  • •Third-party inference providers are rapidly hosting it with room for price/throughput optimization