# Kimi K3 vs Muse Spark

As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Muse Spark in 4 of 6 shared categories: Reasoning, Science, Long context, and Factuality.

Kimi K3: $4.125 per 1M blended tokens.

Muse Spark: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

Kimi K3: open weights.

Muse Spark: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Muse Spark leads Kimi K3 in General LLM at #12 against #13.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Muse Spark in Reasoning at #7 against #17.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Muse Spark in Science at #17 against #37.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Muse Spark leads Kimi K3 in Coding › Web dev at #8 against #11.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Muse Spark in Long context at #8 against #38.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Muse Spark in Factuality at #19 against #23.

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).

As of Oct 14, 2026, Muse Spark is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since May 18, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).