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Kimi K3 vs Qwen3-235B-A22B vs Llama 5

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Open-Weight Models · verified 13 Aug 2026

×Kimi K3Moonshot AIcurrent
×Qwen3-235B-A22BAlibabacurrent
×Llama 5Metacurrent
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SpecificationKimi K3Qwen3-235B-A22BLlama 5
SummaryLargest open-weight model shipped.Cheapest capable model, most permissive licence.Open-weight flagship with recursive self-improvement.
LicenceOpen weightsApache-2.0Llama licence
Parameters2.8T235B MoE600B+
Released17 Jul 2026——
CategoryOpen-Weight ModelsOpen-Weight ModelsOpen-Weight Models
OfficialMoonshot AI ↗Alibaba ↗Meta ↗

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Kimi K3

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

Best for coding.

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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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Llama 5

  • Refines its own reasoning and generates synthetic training data

Best for open frontier.

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