DeepSeek V3 Chat and Kimi Linear don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. DeepSeek V3 Chat shipped 304 days before Kimi Linear, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — DeepSeek V3 Chat and Kimi Linear don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.