# Kimi K3 vs Minimax M3

As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Minimax M3 in 6 of 6 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Coding › Web dev, Long context, and Factuality.

Kimi K3: $4.109999999999999 per 1M blended tokens.

Minimax M3: $0.5249999999999999 per 1M blended tokens.

Kimi K3: open weights.

Minimax M3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Minimax M3 in General LLM at #13 against #87.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Minimax M3 in Reasoning at #7 against #80.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Minimax M3 in Science at #17 against #28.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Minimax M3 in Coding › Web dev at #12 against #54.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Minimax M3 in Long context at #8 against #76.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Minimax M3 in Factuality at #22 against #94.

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).

As of Oct 15, 2026, Minimax M3 is a former state-of-the-art holder in Coding › Web dev (since Jun 5, 2026; sources LMArena WebDev; methodology v1.0).