# GLM 5.3 Flash vs Kimi K3

As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 5.3 Flash leads Kimi K3 in 0 of 8 shared categories.

GLM 5.3 Flash: $0.2375 per 1M blended tokens.

Kimi K3: $4.109999999999999 per 1M blended tokens.

GLM 5.3 Flash: open weights.

Kimi K3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GLM 5.3 Flash in General LLM at #13 against #34.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GLM 5.3 Flash in Reasoning at #7 against #27.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GLM 5.3 Flash in Science at #17 against #34.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GLM 5.3 Flash in Coding › Web dev at #12 against #24.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GLM 5.3 Flash in Long context at #8 against #35.
- Which to pick, Vision: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GLM 5.3 Flash in Vision at #22 against #29.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GLM 5.3 Flash in Factuality at #22 against #34.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GLM 5.3 Flash in Abstraction (ARC) at #8 against #14.

As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 5.3 Flash is state of the art on best per dollar in Coding (since Oct 14, 2026; sources Terminal-Bench 4.0; 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).