# Hy3 vs Kimi K3

As of Oct 14, 2026, Hy3 leads Kimi K3 in 0 of 5 shared categories.

Hy3: $0.144375 per 1M blended tokens.

Kimi K3: $4.125 per 1M blended tokens.

Hy3: open weights.

Kimi K3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Hy3 in General LLM at #13 against #52.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Hy3 in Reasoning at #7 against #52.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Hy3 in Coding › Web dev at #11 against #47.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Hy3 in Long context at #8 against #52.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Hy3 in Factuality at #19 against #61.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Hy3 is state of the art on best per dollar in General LLM (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); 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).