Kimi K3 (Max) vs Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct

Kimi K3 (Max) vs Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

KimiKimi K3 (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
43.60
Total cost
$3658
ByteDance SeedSeed-OSS-36B-InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
12.10
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricKimi K3 (Max)Seed-OSS-36B-InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)43.612.1−72.2% Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is 72.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$3,658.07Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)58.57s67.17s+14.7% Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is 14.7% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$3.00 / $15.0$0.21 / $0.57
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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