Kimi K3 Max
AI models review
As of Aug 12, 2026, Kimi K3 Max is rated 1487 Elo on LM Arena (11,706 Arena votes).
Is Kimi K3 Max worth it in 2026?
Kimi K3 Max sits at rank 12 of 20 in general text with an Elo of 1487 from about 11,700 human votes, a middling position for chat and general use. However, it climbs to coding rank 2 with a coding Elo of 1674, making it one of the strongest coding models in this comparison.
Coding tasks, where its rank 2 coding Elo of 1674 places it near the very top of the field.
General text and chat performance is only rank 12 of 20 with an Elo of 1487, so it is not a standout choice for broad conversational or writing use cases.
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Benchmark and price facts
- Vendor
- Moonshot
- LM Arena text
- 1487 Elo (#12 of 20)
- LM Arena coding
- 1674 Elo (#2)
- Human votes
- 11.706
Elo and votes from LM Arena; price and context from OpenRouter. Real fetched values, attributed, never blended.