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Kimi K3 vs DeepSeek V4-Pro vs Qwen3-235B-A22B

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Open-Weight Models · verified 13 Aug 2026

×Kimi K3Moonshot AIcurrent
×DeepSeek V4-ProDeepSeekcurrent
×Qwen3-235B-A22BAlibabacurrent
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SpecificationKimi K3DeepSeek V4-ProQwen3-235B-A22B
SummaryLargest open-weight model shipped.Best all-round open model of 2026.Cheapest capable model, most permissive licence.
LicenceOpen weightsMITApache-2.0
Parameters2.8T—235B MoE
Released17 Jul 2026——
CategoryOpen-Weight ModelsOpen-Weight ModelsOpen-Weight Models
OfficialMoonshot AI ↗DeepSeek ↗Alibaba ↗

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Kimi K3

  • Tops the Frontend Code Arena
  • 76.8% on SWE-Bench Verified

Best for coding.

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DeepSeek V4-Pro

  • Tops open leaderboards on agentic coding and reasoning
  • MIT licence — no conditions
  • Pioneered aggressive cache-hit pricing at ~$0.07/M

Best for everything open.

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Qwen3-235B-A22B

  • No licence conditions whatsoever
  • 22B active of 235B total

Best for commercial self-hosting.

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