# DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Kimi K3

As of Oct 14, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads Kimi K3 in 1 of 8 shared categories: Vision.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: $0.26249999999999996 per 1M blended tokens.

Kimi K3: $4.125 per 1M blended tokens.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: open weights.

Kimi K3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in General LLM at #13 against #29.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in Reasoning at #7 against #27.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in Science at #17 against #36.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in Coding › Web dev at #11 against #19.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in Long context at #8 against #32.
- Which to pick, Vision: As of Oct 14, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads Kimi K3 in Vision at #21 against #22.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in Factuality at #19 against #22.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Kimi K3 share #8 in Abstraction (ARC).

As of Oct 14, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is state of the art on best per dollar in General LLM (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 14, 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).