# GLM 4.6 vs Kimi K3

As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 4.6 leads Kimi K3 in 0 of 5 shared categories.

GLM 4.6: $0.875 per 1M blended tokens.

Kimi K3: $4.109999999999999 per 1M blended tokens.

GLM 4.6: open weights.

Kimi K3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GLM 4.6 in General LLM at #13 against #114.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GLM 4.6 in Reasoning at #7 against #116.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GLM 4.6 in Coding › Web dev at #12 against #99.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GLM 4.6 in Long context at #8 against #116.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GLM 4.6 in Factuality at #22 against #66.

As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 4.6 is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Nov 5, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); 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).