Kimi K3 Tested: Very Strong but Loops Easily
emollick · x · 2026-07-16
The author states that Kimi K3 is "genuinely very strong," approaching frontier model levels, and has acted like a proper LLM for their specific workloads. However, they also point out that the model/execution framework easily falls into loops, repeatedly returning to previous steps for modifications and adjustments, especially under high-intensity modes.
Additionally, they mention that K3's vision capabilities are quite good; for their use cases, they no longer feel like they are missing out on using a SOTA model.
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