Kimi K3 ranks second on AA-Briefcase, but each task costs about $10.57
airesearch12 · x · 2026-07-22
Kimi K3 is being highlighted as a strong agentic-work model: it ranks second on AA-Briefcase with an Elo of 1543, just behind Claude Fable 5 at 1574.
The catch is cost. The benchmark estimate puts Kimi K3 at about $10.57 per task, roughly 10× Kimi K2.6 and even above Opus 4.8 on this workload.
The post also notes:
- Kimi K2.6 jumped from 816 to 1543 for K3, a +727 Elo gain
- K3 reached 51% rubric pass rate, versus 56% for Fable 5
- Its analytical Elo was 1754, nearly matching Fable 5’s 1744
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