Kimi K3.1 Pro costs 52x more with parity success on Runescape Bench, new checkpoint suspected

teortaxesTex · x · 2026-11-06

Researcher teortaxesTex criticizes Kimi K3.1 Pro's Runescape Bench results: 52x more expensive than DS V4.1 Flash 1017 with more tokens but parity in success rate — 'bad bets.' When others blamed inference providers, the author counters that this is an entirely new checkpoint, not the original K3.1 Pro: Moonshot did DSA adaptation within the last two weeks and healed it on new tasks. The attached chart breaks down per-skill XP/min across models, with Kimi K3.1 Pro mid-pack overall.

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