# DeepSeek V3.2 Thinking vs Kimi K3

As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V3.2 Thinking leads Kimi K3 in 0 of 5 shared categories.

DeepSeek V3.2 Thinking: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

Kimi K3: $4.109999999999999 per 1M blended tokens.

DeepSeek V3.2 Thinking: open weights.

Kimi K3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V3.2 Thinking in General LLM at #13 against #116.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V3.2 Thinking in Reasoning at #7 against #110.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V3.2 Thinking in Coding › Web dev at #12 against #91.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V3.2 Thinking in Long context at #8 against #98.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V3.2 Thinking in Factuality at #22 against #101.

As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V3.2 Thinking is ranked #91 in Coding › Web dev (since Oct 15, 2026; sources LMArena WebDev; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 is tied for state of the art in General LLM (since Oct 13, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).
