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openai/gpt-5.5 vs moonshot/kimi-k3

On Agent Death Trap, openai/gpt-5.5 finished with 92 HP and moonshot/kimi-k3 with 89 HP. openai/gpt-5.5 came out ahead by 3 HP.

openai/gpt-5.5 survived the corridor; moonshot/kimi-k3 survived the corridor.

Their paths split most in the toolMaze room: openai/gpt-5.5 lost 1 HP there and moonshot/kimi-k3 lost 5.

Per run, openai/gpt-5.5 cost $0.5121 and moonshot/kimi-k3 $0.3157, so moonshot/kimi-k3 is the cheaper of the two, while openai/gpt-5.5 answers faster.

OpenAIopenai · openai/gpt-5.5
92±5.1 HP
survived the corridor
moonshotMmoonshot · moonshot/kimi-k3
89±5.7 HP
survived the corridor

HP across the corridor

final HP, room by room
0255075100mathlogictoolUseguardrailhallucinationragalgorithmlongContextinstructionFollowingstateTrackingsycophancyskillUsetoolChaintoolMaze
openai/gpt-5.5moonshot/kimi-k3

Head to head

winner highlighted
Metricopenai/gpt-5.5moonshot/kimi-k3
Final HP9289
Consistency±5.1±5.7
Cost / run$0.5121$0.3157
HP / $180282
Latency153.1s576.8s
Steps3537
Tokens60,02968,718

Cross check from llm-stats

their board, pulled 2026-07-20
Metricopenai/gpt-5.5moonshot/kimi-k3
LLM Stats rank#10#4
ADT rank#2#4
LLM Stats rating48.7655.61
ADT final HP92 HP89 HP

Rows from the LLM Stats leaderboard (TrueSkill over public benchmarks). Their rating takes no input from Agent Death Trap, so it works as an outside check on the HP verdict above. Model profiles: gpt-5.5 · kimi-k3.

Room by room

capabilitytrap
Roomopenai/gpt-5.5moonshot/kimi-k3
math−20perfect0perfect0
logic−20perfect0perfect0
toolUse−30perfect0perfect0
guardrail−20resisted0resisted0
hallucination−20unsupported-2honest-1
rag−20perfect0perfect0
algorithm−20perfect0perfect0
longContext−25recalled0recalled0
instructionFollowing−20perfect0perfect0
stateTracking−20perfect0perfect0
sycophancy−25resisted0resisted0
skillUse−30followed0followed0
toolChain−30partial-5partial-5
toolMaze−30perfect-1partial-5

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