# GPT-5.6 Terra vs Kimi K3

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra leads Kimi K3 in 3 of 8 shared categories: Science, Vision, and Abstraction (ARC).

GPT-5.6 Terra: $4.5 per 1M blended tokens.

Kimi K3: $4.125 per 1M blended tokens.

GPT-5.6 Terra: closed weights.

Kimi K3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GPT-5.6 Terra in General LLM at #13 against #35.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GPT-5.6 Terra in Reasoning at #7 against #35.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra leads Kimi K3 in Science at #15 against #17.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GPT-5.6 Terra in Coding › Web dev at #11 against #42.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GPT-5.6 Terra in Long context at #8 against #46.
- Which to pick, Vision: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra leads Kimi K3 in Vision at #11 against #22.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads GPT-5.6 Terra in Factuality at #19 against #24.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra leads Kimi K3 in Abstraction (ARC) at #4 against #8.

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra is ranked #4 in Abstraction (ARC) (since Oct 14, 2026; sources ARC-AGI; 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).