Kimi K3 vs Mistral Large 3
As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Mistral Large 3 in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Coding › Web dev, Long context, and Factuality.
Kimi K3
Yes. Yes on General LLM (open weights); Reasoning (open weights). Not the overall leader.
Mistral Large 3
#96 Best current rank: #96 in Factuality, as of Oct 15, 2026.
| Category | Kimi K3 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #13 · #13 in General LLM Margin 6.914893617021278 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #132 · #132 in General LLM Margin 70.2127659574468 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Reasoning | #7 · #7 in Reasoning Margin 4.255319148936167 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #134 · #134 in Reasoning Margin 71.80851063829788 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Math | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Science | #17 · #17 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 16, 2026 | — |
| Coding | #— · Not enough data Margin — Scale Labs leaderboards · Oct 14, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Coding › Web dev | #12 · Was SOTA · Coding › Web dev Margin 8.799999999999997 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #118 · #118 in Coding › Web dev Margin 93.6 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Long context | #8 · Was SOTA · Long context Margin 4.255319148936167 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #136 · #136 in Long context Margin 72.34042553191489 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Vision | #22 · #22 in Vision Margin 60.526315789473685 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 16, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026 |
| Factuality | #22 · #22 in Factuality Margin 13.372093023255815 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #96 · #96 in Factuality Margin 56.395348837209305 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Abstraction (ARC) | #8 · #8 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 16, 2026 | — |
Kimi K3: $4.109999999999999 per 1M blended tokens.
Mistral Large 3: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.
Kimi K3: open weights.
Mistral Large 3: open weights.
General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Mistral Large 3 in General LLM at #13 against #132.
Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Mistral Large 3 in Reasoning at #7 against #134.
Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Mistral Large 3 in Coding › Web dev at #12 against #118.
Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Mistral Large 3 in Long context at #8 against #136.
Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Mistral Large 3 in Factuality at #22 against #96.
Kimi K3 or Mistral Large 3?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Mistral Large 3 in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Coding › Web dev, Long context, and Factuality.
Kimi K3 or Mistral Large 3 for General LLM?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Mistral Large 3 in General LLM at #13 against #132.
Kimi K3 or Mistral Large 3 for Reasoning?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Mistral Large 3 in Reasoning at #7 against #134.
Kimi K3 or Mistral Large 3 for Coding › Web dev?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Mistral Large 3 in Coding › Web dev at #12 against #118.