Kimi-K3 Tested as Stronger Than Opus-4.8
basedjensen · x · 2026-07-16
Sharing a model evaluation: in @arena's Flappy Bird test, Kimi-K3 was deemed significantly stronger than Opus-4.8.
Based on this, the original poster concluded that Kimi's performance is approaching what they referred to as "Opus-5 level".
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