Kimi K3

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2.8T
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Moonshot AI · Release date not pinned
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New parts in the block · after Kimi K2
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moonshotai/Kimi‑K3 @ f831ab6, fla‑org/flash‑linear‑attention @ 07ca1e4 · parameter count checked against the checkpoint’s tensor headers · text model onlyHow to read

First layer

93 layers › First layer

Running sum, next layer

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tensorprefix_sum · 1046

The residual features after both mechanism updates.

shape
sn+1s_{n+1} [B batch, T positions, 7168 d]
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Contextual evidence from First layer

A layer has Kimi Delta Attention or latent attention by its index, a dense MLP in the first first_k_dense_replace layers and a MoE in the rest, two pre-norms, and for each of its two attention-residual mixes an RMSNorm and a one-row projection.

block-init · moonshotai/Kimi-K3 / modeling_kimi_linear.py
Pinned revision f831ab668142 ↗ · lines 878–917

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    def __init__(self, config: KimiLinearConfig, layer_idx: int):
        super().__init__()
        self.hidden_size = config.hidden_size
        self.config = config
        self.layer_idx = layer_idx
        if config.is_kda_layer(layer_idx):
            self.is_linear_attn = True
            self.self_attn = KimiDeltaAttention(
                config=config, layer_idx=layer_idx)
        elif config.is_mla:
            self.is_linear_attn = False
            self.self_attn = KimiMLAAttention(
                config=config, layer_idx=layer_idx)
        else:
            raise NotImplementedError
        if (
            config.num_experts is not None
            and layer_idx >= config.first_k_dense_replace
            and layer_idx % getattr(config, "moe_layer_freq", 1) == 0
        ):
            self.block_sparse_moe = KimiSparseMoeBlock(config)
        else:
            self.mlp = KimiMLP(config)
        self.input_layernorm = KimiRMSNorm(
            config.hidden_size, eps=config.rms_norm_eps)
        self.post_attention_layernorm = KimiRMSNorm(
            config.hidden_size, eps=config.rms_norm_eps)

        # Attention residual
        self.use_attn_residuals = getattr(config, "attn_res_block_size", None) is not None
        if self.use_attn_residuals:
            self.attn_res_block_size = config.attn_res_block_size
            self.self_attention_res_norm = KimiRMSNorm(
                config.hidden_size, eps=config.rms_norm_eps)
            self.mlp_res_norm = KimiRMSNorm(
                config.hidden_size, eps=config.rms_norm_eps)
            self.self_attention_res_proj = nn.Linear(
                config.hidden_size, 1, bias=False)
            self.mlp_res_proj = nn.Linear(
                config.hidden_size, 1, bias=False)

Contextual evidence from First layer

With attention residuals, a layer mixes its attention input from the stored sums and the running sum, stores the running sum and starts a new one when its index is divisible by the block size, adds the attention output to the running sum, mixes the feed-forward input the same way, and adds the feed-forward output.

block-forward · moonshotai/Kimi-K3 / modeling_kimi_linear.py
Pinned revision f831ab668142 ↗ · lines 973–1046

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    def _forward_attn_residual(
        self,
        hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
        attention_mask: torch.Tensor | None = None,
        position_ids: torch.LongTensor | None = None,
        past_key_values: tuple[torch.Tensor] | None = None,
        output_attentions: bool | None = False,
        use_cache: bool | None = False,
        block_residual: torch.Tensor | None = None,
        **kwargs: Unpack[FlashAttentionKwargs],
    ):
        batch_size, seq_len, hidden_size = hidden_states.shape
        prefix_sum = hidden_states

        if block_residual is not None and block_residual.shape[1] > 0:
            hidden_states = _apply_attn_res(
                prefix_sum.view(-1, hidden_size),
                block_residual,
                self.self_attention_res_proj,
                self.self_attention_res_norm,
            ).view(batch_size, seq_len, hidden_size)

        if self.layer_idx % self.attn_res_block_size == 0:
            block_residual = torch.cat(
                [block_residual, prefix_sum.view(-1, hidden_size).unsqueeze(1)], dim=1)
            prefix_sum = None

        hidden_states = self.input_layernorm(hidden_states)

        # Self Attention
        if self.is_linear_attn is False:
            hidden_states = self.self_attn(
                hidden_states=hidden_states,
                attention_mask=attention_mask,
                position_ids=position_ids,
                past_key_values=past_key_values,
                output_attentions=output_attentions,
                use_cache=use_cache,
                **kwargs,
            )
        else:
            hidden_states = self.self_attn(
                hidden_states=hidden_states,
                attention_mask=attention_mask,
                cache_params=past_key_values,
                output_attentions=output_attentions,
                use_cache=use_cache,
                **kwargs,
            )

        if prefix_sum is not None:
            prefix_sum = prefix_sum + hidden_states
        else:
            prefix_sum = hidden_states

        hidden_states = _apply_attn_res(
            prefix_sum.view(-1, hidden_size),
            block_residual,
            self.mlp_res_proj,
            self.mlp_res_norm,
        ).view(batch_size, seq_len, hidden_size)

        hidden_states = self.post_attention_layernorm(hidden_states)
        if hasattr(self, "block_sparse_moe"):
            hidden_states = self.block_sparse_moe(hidden_states)
        else:
            hidden_states = self.mlp(hidden_states)

        if prefix_sum is None:
            prefix_sum = hidden_states
        else:
            prefix_sum = prefix_sum + hidden_states

        return prefix_sum, block_residual

Contextual evidence from First layer

A layer uses Kimi Delta Attention when its 1-based index is in kda_layers; the lists are read 1-based.

layer-kinds · moonshotai/Kimi-K3 / configuration_kimi_k3.py
Pinned revision f831ab668142 ↗ · lines 152–156

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    def is_kda_layer(self, layer_idx: int):
        return (
            self.linear_attn_config is not None
            and (layer_idx + 1) in self.linear_attn_config["kda_layers"]
        )