Models by vendor · Moonshot AI (Kimi)
Kimi models on the same tests, re-tested on a fixed schedule
AI Stupid Level gives every Kimi model on the board the same tasks as every other vendor's models: coding every four hours, reasoning and tool use daily, with an hourly canary probe. The scores are ASL's own, from the 24-hour boards, never the vendor's published numbers.
Called through api.moonshot.ai on our own account, as an application would.
- 1
- Kimi model on the 24-hour boards
- 19th
- best Combined place among the 24 ranked models, held by Kimi K3.1 Pro
- 100%
- of our probes to the Moonshot AI API answered in the last 7 days
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How do Kimi models score on the same tests?
1 Kimi model is on the board. The best placed is Kimi K3.1 Pro, 19th of the 24 models on the Combined board in the last 24 hours.
As of 26 Oct 2026, 11:37 UTC · 24-hour boards · score, then place in brackets; “=” marks a statistical tie
| Place | Model | Score | Trend | Coding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Kimi K3.1 Pro | 81 ± 2.0 | holding steady | 81 (=22) |
Places are the leaderboard's own: walking down a board, a model joins the group above it unless that group's leader is ahead by more than the measurement can resolve, so “joint” places are normal. The same boards hold every vendor's models; sign in for the full leaderboard.
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Which Kimi models are tracked?
1 Moonshot AI (Kimi) model has a page of its own, with its place on every board and its history.
- Kimi K3.1 Pro
- Tracked since 26 Oct 2026 (0 days). List price $2 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens. 19th of the 24 models on the Combined board in the last 24 hours, scoring 81 ± 2.0.
Prices are list prices per 1M tokens on api.moonshot.ai, cache-miss rate, as the leaderboard's price view quotes them. What a correct result costs over the last 30 days is on the best-value AI model; response times are on the fastest AI model.
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Which Kimi model is best for coding right now?
On the Coding board, re-tested every four hours, the best-placed Kimi model in the last 24 hours is Kimi K3.1 Pro: joint 22nd of the 24 models on the Coding board in the last 24 hours, scoring 81 ± 2.5.
The coding suite gives a model a small working project and a bug report (7 tasks a sweep) and grades the fix by running the project's own tests, including hidden tests the model never sees. Every vendor's models get the same tasks: see the best LLM for coding across all vendors and how coding is scored.
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Which Kimi model is best for reasoning?
The Reasoning board is re-tested daily and ranks every model with statistical ties; the current Kimi places are on the leaderboard.
The reasoning suite runs 4 long multi-turn working sessions a day, scored on correctness, recovery after a failed step and continuity: whether the model still honours rules stated earlier in the session, checked by running code rather than by a judge model. See the best LLM for reasoning across all vendors and how reasoning is scored.
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Which Kimi model is best for agents and tool calling?
The Tool use board is re-tested daily and ranks every model with statistical ties; the current Kimi places are on the leaderboard.
The tool-use suite runs 9 tasks in sandboxed machines, each with tools to call: either the job is done at the end or it is not. It is scored on task completion, tool selection, parameter accuracy, efficiency, error handling, context awareness and safety. See the best AI model for agents across all vendors and how tool use is scored.
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Is the Moonshot AI API down?
One short completion on our own key, from one machine in Germany. Checked every 10 minutes: what an application calling api.moonshot.ai would see.
- Status
- Answering
- Answered
- 100% of checks in the last 24 hours · 100% over the last 7 days
- Median response
- 1,056 ms to one short completion on our own key
- Last checked
- 26 Oct 2026, 11:40 UTC · checked every 10 minutes
The 7-day history, every episode and the other five providers are on Moonshot AI API status and the provider status hub. When a provider stops answering, the Smart Router's fallback order moves traffic to the next model on the board.
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Is Kimi getting worse?
The Kimi app is not the Moonshot AI API: we probe the API, which is what applications and the Smart Router call. A provider can change a model behind the same API name, and without continuous re-testing that change is invisible to the people relying on it. AI Stupid Level compares each Kimi model with its own past: every suite has its own Page-Hinkley (a CUSUM-family test) change-point detector, which separates a sustained decline from ordinary run-to-run noise, and the hourly canary probe watches for a sudden collapse. On the Combined board over the last 24 hours, of the 1 Kimi model with a current score, 1 is holding steady. Searches for “is Kimi getting worse” and “AI model nerfed” end at the same place: the current answer, model by model, is on Is Kimi getting worse?, and the method is on AI drift detection.
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Compare Kimi models
Every pair page puts two models side by side, board by board, on the same tests over the last 24 hours.
Kimi K3.1 Pro, the best-placed Kimi model on the Combined board, against each other vendor's best-placed model:
Other vendors on the same tests: OpenAI models, Anthropic models, Google models, DeepSeek models and Z.ai (GLM) models. The compare hub lists every family, and the best AI model ranks them across vendors.
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How we test Kimi models
Every model on the board gets the same tasks on the same schedule: coding every four hours, reasoning and tool use daily, with an hourly canary probe. Kimi models are called through api.moonshot.ai on our own account, exactly as an application would call them, so a score describes the model as it is served, not as it was announced.
The coding suite (7 tasks) grades a bug fix by running the project's own tests, including hidden tests the model never sees. The reasoning suite (4 sessions) scores long multi-turn working sessions on correctness, recovery and continuity. The tool-use suite (9 tasks) runs in sandboxed machines, where the job is either done or not. The Combined score weights coding 50%, reasoning 25% and tool use 25%.
The methodology is public — every weight, statistical test and drift constant. The test tasks are private, so no lab can train on them. Read the methodology and how drift detection works.
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Questions people ask about Kimi models
How many Kimi models does AI Stupid Level benchmark?
1 Moonshot AI (Kimi) model is on the board: Kimi K3.1 Pro. Each is called through api.moonshot.ai on our own account and gets the same tasks as every other vendor's models: coding every four hours, reasoning and tool use daily, with an hourly canary probe.
Which Kimi model has the highest Combined score?
Kimi K3.1 Pro: 81 ± 2.0, 19th of the 24 models on the Combined board in the last 24 hours. The Combined score weights coding 50%, reasoning 25% and tool use 25%; "joint" means the models sharing a place are closer than the measurement can separate.
Which Kimi model is best for coding?
Kimi K3.1 Pro: joint 22nd of the 24 models on the Coding board in the last 24 hours, scoring 81 ± 2.5. The coding suite is re-tested every four hours and graded by running the project's own tests, including hidden tests the model never sees. Every vendor's models are on the best LLM for coding.
Which Kimi model is the cheapest?
By list price, Kimi K3.1 Pro: $2 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens. List prices are the cache-miss rate on api.moonshot.ai. What a correct result costs is a different question, answered over the last 30 days on the best-value AI model.
Is the Moonshot AI API down?
As of 26 Oct 2026, 11:40 UTC the Moonshot AI API was answering our probe; 100% of checks in the last 24 hours and 100% over the last 7 days answered. We check every 10 minutes: one short completion on our own key, from one machine in Germany. The 7-day history and every episode are on Moonshot AI API status.
Is Kimi getting worse?
The Kimi app is not the Moonshot AI API: we probe the API, which is what applications and the Smart Router call. Each Kimi model on the board is compared with its own past: every suite has its own Page-Hinkley (a CUSUM-family test) change-point detector, which separates a sustained decline from ordinary run-to-run noise. On the Combined board over the last 24 hours, of the 1 Kimi model with a current score, 1 is holding steady. The current answer, model by model, is on Is Kimi getting worse?.
How often are Kimi models re-tested?
On the same schedule as every other vendor's models: coding every four hours, reasoning and tool use daily, with an hourly canary probe. The methodology is public — every weight, statistical test and drift constant. The test tasks are private, so no lab can train on them. Every weight is on the methodology page.
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