Kimi K3 vs Claude Fable 5, open Weights Reach the Frontier

Kimi K3Claude Fable 5
arenaElo14781492
humanEval96.598
sweBench75.577
mmlu9495.1
gpqa87.592
aime9294
Price in/out ($/M)$3 / $15$10 / $50

Our verdict

Fable 5 keeps the overall capability crown (Artificial Analysis 60 vs 57) and stronger long-horizon agent reliability. K3 counters with a third of the price ($3/$15 vs $10/$50), open weights due July 27 under a modified MIT license, and wins on some published coding benchmarks. For the hardest agentic and research work, Fable 5. For cost-sensitive volume, self-hosting or data-residency requirements, K3 is the strongest open option ever, but verify Moonshot's self-reported numbers on your own workload.

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