IFM/K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B — new model trending #15 on Hugging Face
IFM released K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B, an open-weights 36B-parameter MoE model with 4B active parameters and native 512K context.
IFM released the final checkpoint of K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B, a sparse Mixture-of-Experts model using Mixture-of-Values (MoVA) attention with 36B total and 4B active parameters. The model supports native 524,288-token context and reportedly outscores open-weight dense and MoE models up to 15x its size on agentic and reasoning benchmarks, while competing against closed frontier models. Intermediate checkpoints, training data, the training recipe, and training code are slated for public release.
- Uses Mixture-of-Values (MoVA) attention; described as the sparse member of the K2-Horizon family.
- Native 512K-token context maintained from midtraining stages onward.
- Claims frontier-class agentic and reasoning results at only 4B active parameters.
- Fully open release: data, recipe, and training code to be published.
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# K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B
K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B is the sparse member of the K2-Horizon family: a Mixture-of-Experts model with Mixture-of-Values attention (MoVA) that stores 36B parameters and runs 4B per token. We have released the final checkpoint; intermediate checkpoints, along with the data and the training code, will be released.
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## K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B Highlights
- **Frontier-class results at 4B active parameters.** On agentic and reasoning benchmarks it outscores open weight dense (approximately 30B model size) and MoE models up to 15× its size; and also performs competitively against closed frontier models (see [Benchmark Results](#benchmark-results)).
- **512K context.** Native 524,288-token context from the midtraining stages onward.
- **Intermediate checkpoints.** Intermediate checkpoints will be released so capability changes can be studied across training rather than at a single checkpoint.
- **Fully open.** Training data/recipe and the training code will be made public.
## Benchmark Results
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#2450D6;color:#2450D6;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;width:11.14%;overflow-wrap:anywhere;background:rgba(36,80,214,0.08);">K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B</th><th style="padding:10px 3px;text-align:center;font-weight:600;border-bottom:2px solid #2450D6;color:#2450D6;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;width:11.14%;overflow-wrap:anywhere;">Nemotron 3 Ultra</th><th style="padding:10px 3px;text-align:center;font-weight:600;border-bottom:2px solid #2450D6;color:#2450D6;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;width:11.14%;overflow-wrap:anywhere;">Nemotron 3 Super</th><th style="padding:10px 3px;text-align:center;font-weight:600;border-bottom:2px solid #2450D6;color:#2450D6;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;width:11.14%;overflow-wrap:anywhere;">G9v3-39A5B</th><th style="padding:10px 3px;text-align:center;font-weight:600;border-bottom:2px solid #2450D6;color:#2450D6;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;width:11.14%;overflow-wrap:anywhere;">Qwen3.6-35B-A3B</th><th style="padding:10px 3px;text-align:center;font-weight:600;border-bottom:2px solid #2450D6;color:#2450D6;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;width:11.14%;overflow-wrap:anywhere;">Muse Glimmer-30B</th><th style="padding:10px 3px;text-align:center;font-weight:600;border-bottom:2px solid #2450D6;color:#2450D6;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;width:11.14%;overflow-wrap:anywhere;">Gemma 4 31B-it</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="padding:7px 4px 7px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;font-weight:600"># Params</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;background:rgba(36,80,214,0.08);">36B</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">550B</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">120B</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">39B</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">35B</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">30B</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">31B</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:7px 4px 7px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;font-weight:600"># Activated params</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;background:rgba(36,80,214,0.08);">4B</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">55B</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">12B</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">5B</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">3B</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">30B</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">31B</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:7px 4px 7px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;font-weight:600">Architecture</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;background:rgba(36,80,214,0.08);">MoE</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">MoE</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">MoE</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">MoE</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">MoE</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">Dense</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">Dense</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" style="padding:6px 10px;font-weight:600;font-size:12.5px;color:#2450D6;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(36,80,214,0.25);background:rgba(36,80,214,0.12)">Agents</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:6px 4px 6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle"><div style="font-size:12.5px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2;color:inherit">tau3-Banking</div><div style="margin-top:2px;font-size:10px;opacity:0.65">Agentic tool use</div></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;background:rgba(36,80,214,0.08);"><strong>26.8</strong></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">14.2</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">10.3</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">22.1</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">9.3</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">23.5</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">14.8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" style="padding:6px 10px;font-weight:600;font-size:12.5px;color:#2450D6;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(36,80,214,0.25);background:rgba(36,80,214,0.12)">Coding</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:6px 4px 6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle"><div style="font-size:12.5px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2;color:inherit">Terminal-Bench 2.1</div><div style="margin-top:2px;font-size:10px;opacity:0.65">Agentic terminal use</div></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;background:rgba(36,80,214,0.08);"><strong>58.6</strong></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">53.9</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">38.6</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">32.6</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">44.9</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">51.7</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">43.4</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:6px 4px 6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle"><div style="font-size:12.5px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2;color:inherit">SciCode</div><div style="margin-top:2px;font-size:10px;opacity:0.65">Scientific coding</div></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;background:rgba(36,80,214,0.08);">38.9</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">39.9</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">36.0</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">34.0</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">35.8</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;"><strong>43.6</strong></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">43.4</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" style="padding:6px 10px;font-weight:600;font-size:12.5px;color:#2450D6;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(36,80,214,0.25);background:rgba(36,80,214,0.12)">Scientific Reasoning</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:6px 4px 6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle"><div style="font-size:12.5px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2;color:inherit">Humanity's Last Exam (without tools)</div><div style="margin-top:2px;font-size:10px;opacity:0.65">Expert-level reasoning</div></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;background:rgba(36,80,214,0.08);">25.2</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;"><strong>28.4</strong></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">20.8</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">17.5</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">22.2</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">22.0</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">23.6</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:6px 4px 6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle"><div style="font-size:12.5px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2;color:inherit">GPQA Diamond</div><div style="margin-top:2px;font-size:10px;opacity:0.65">Graduate-level science QA</div></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;background:rgba(36,80,214,0.08);">80.8</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;"><strong>86.7</strong></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">80.0</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">80.5</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">84.1</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">83.5</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">85.7</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:6px 4px 6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle"><div style="font-size:12.5px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2;color:inherit">CritPt</div><div style="margin-top:2px;font-size:10px;opacity:0.65">Frontier physics reasoning</div></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;background:rgba(36,80,214,0.08);">2.1</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;"><strong>3.1</strong></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;"><strong>3.1</strong></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">0.3</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">0.3</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">2.6</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">1.4</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" style="padding:6px 10px;font-weight:600;font-size:12.5px;color:#2450D6;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(36,80,214,0.25);background:rgba(36,80,214,0.12)">General</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:6px 4px 6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle"><div style="font-size:12.5px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2;color:inherit">AA-LCR</div><div style="margin-top:2px;font-size:10px;opacity:0.65">Long-context reasoning</div></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;background:rgba(36,80,214,0.08);">66.3</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">71.0</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">60.3</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">62.0</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">66.7</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;"><strong>80.0</strong></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">68.3</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:6px 4px 6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle"><div style="font-size:12.5px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2;color:inherit">AA-Omniscience Accuracy</div><div style="margin-top:2px;font-size:10px;opacity:0.65">Factual accuracy</div></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;background:rgba(36,80,214,0.08);">18.8</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">22.6</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">24.3</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">14.9</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">18.8</td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;"><strong>27.0</strong></td><td style="padding:6px 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.2;">20.0</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:6px 4px 6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(128,128,128,0.15);vertical-align:middle"><div…
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