# DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Kimi K3

As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4 Pro leads Kimi K3 in 0 of 6 shared categories.

DeepSeek V4 Pro: $1.194075 per 1M blended tokens.

Kimi K3: $4.109999999999999 per 1M blended tokens.

DeepSeek V4 Pro: open weights.

Kimi K3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V4 Pro in General LLM at #13 against #55.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V4 Pro in Reasoning at #7 against #57.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V4 Pro in Science at #17 against #28.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V4 Pro in Coding › Web dev at #12 against #62.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V4 Pro in Long context at #8 against #51.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads DeepSeek V4 Pro in Factuality at #22 against #49.

As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4 Pro is ranked #28 in Science (since Oct 15, 2026; sources GPQA Diamond; 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).