Deep Dive: Real-world Performance and Controversies of Grok 4.5, Kimi K3 and More
eyishazyer · x · 2026-07-30
The author evaluated four recently hyped AI coding models, concluding that none of them fully lived up to the expectations:
- GPT-5.6 Sol: Reviews are polarized. Some praise its ability to generate web apps in one shot as a massive upgrade, while others experienced extreme latency on basic prompts.
- Kimi K3: The r/LocalLLaMA community sees it as proof that China is rapidly closing the gap. A major highlight is that it doesn't refuse basic cybersecurity or low-level programming tasks like Codex does, though its 2.8 trillion parameters make it nearly impossible to run locally.
- Grok 4.5: The first model jointly trained by xAI and Cursor using real developer-agent sessions. Cursor honestly admitted that its benchmark edge might partly stem from an old codebase snapshot leaking into the training data.
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