# Grok 4.3 vs Kimi K3

As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 4.3 leads Kimi K3 in 0 of 7 shared categories.

Grok 4.3: $1.5625000000000002 per 1M blended tokens.

Kimi K3: $4.109999999999999 per 1M blended tokens.

Grok 4.3: closed weights.

Kimi K3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Grok 4.3 in General LLM at #13 against #85.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Grok 4.3 in Reasoning at #7 against #96.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Grok 4.3 in Science at #17 against #41.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Grok 4.3 in Coding › Web dev at #12 against #95.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Grok 4.3 in Long context at #8 against #94.
- Which to pick, Vision: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Grok 4.3 in Vision at #22 against #32.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Grok 4.3 in Factuality at #22 against #111.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 4.3 is ranked #32 in Vision (since Oct 15, 2026; sources GDP.pdf; 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).