Kimi K3 vs Qwen3 5 27B
As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen3 5 27B in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Coding › Web dev, Long context, and Factuality.
Kimi K3
Yes. Yes on General LLM (open weights); Reasoning (open weights). Not the overall leader.
Qwen3 5 27B
#84 Best current rank: #84 in Coding › Web dev, as of Oct 15, 2026.
| Category | Kimi K3 | Qwen3 5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #13 · #13 in General LLM Margin 8.84353741496598 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #109 · #109 in General LLM Margin 74.14965986394557 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Reasoning | #7 · #7 in Reasoning Margin 5.479452054794521 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #105 · #105 in Reasoning Margin 72.6027397260274 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Math | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Science | #17 · #17 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 16, 2026 | — |
| Coding | #— · Not enough data Margin — Scale Labs leaderboards · Oct 14, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Coding › Web dev | #11 · Was SOTA · Coding › Web dev Margin 9.34579439252336 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #84 · #84 in Coding › Web dev Margin 77.57009345794393 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Long context | #8 · Was SOTA · Long context Margin 5.442176870748298 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #96 · #96 in Long context Margin 65.3061224489796 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Vision | #22 · #22 in Vision Margin 60.526315789473685 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 16, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026 |
| Factuality | #19 · #19 in Factuality Margin 14.925373134328368 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #94 · #94 in Factuality Margin 70.8955223880597 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Abstraction (ARC) | #8 · #8 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 16, 2026 | — |
Kimi K3: $4.109999999999999 per 1M blended tokens.
Qwen3 5 27B: $0.845 per 1M blended tokens.
Kimi K3: open weights.
Qwen3 5 27B: open weights.
General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen3 5 27B in General LLM at #13 against #109.
Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen3 5 27B in Reasoning at #7 against #105.
Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen3 5 27B in Coding › Web dev at #11 against #84.
Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen3 5 27B in Long context at #8 against #96.
Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen3 5 27B in Factuality at #19 against #94.
Kimi K3 or Qwen3 5 27B?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen3 5 27B in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Coding › Web dev, Long context, and Factuality.
Kimi K3 or Qwen3 5 27B for General LLM?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen3 5 27B in General LLM at #13 against #109.
Kimi K3 or Qwen3 5 27B for Reasoning?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen3 5 27B in Reasoning at #7 against #105.
Kimi K3 or Qwen3 5 27B for Coding › Web dev?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen3 5 27B in Coding › Web dev at #11 against #84.