Rebuttal: Kimi 3.1 Nears Fable on Frontier Code 2, Contradicting 'China Models Crushed' Claim
bookwormengr · x · 2026-10-28
bookwormengr pushes back on a post claiming GPT-5.5 outscores all tested Chinese models, calling the analysis flawed:
- Neither Kimi 3.1 nor DS v4.1 Flash 1017 appears on the Frontier Code 2 leaderboard being cited.
- Per Artificial Analysis that day, Kimi 3.1 is more capable than Muse Wonder (43) and nearly as capable as Fable (49), evaluated on private benchmarks that include the very Frontier Code 2 leaderboard in question.
- He argues this framing breeds false complacency in policy discussions.
The quoted post claimed GPT-5.5 beats all tested Chinese models and that OpenAI and Anthropic have been holding back their strongest models since the supply-chain risk designation.
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