Early Kimi K3 KernelBench Performance Revealed
inductionheads · x · 2026-07-17
This post relays an early testing article regarding **Kimi K3**, focusing on its performance on **KernelBench**. The author states that after gaining early access, they were deeply impressed while testing it on kernel tasks, concluding that it is "**obviously ahead of Opus 4.8**."
Related event: Kimi K3 Tops SpreadsheetBench 2 and Shows Strong KernelBench Results(4 posts)→
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