# Kimi K3 vs O3 Mini

As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads O3 Mini in 4 of 5 shared categories: Reasoning, Science, Long context, and Abstraction (ARC).

Kimi K3: $4.125 per 1M blended tokens.

O3 Mini: $1.9250000000000003 per 1M blended tokens.

Kimi K3: open weights.

O3 Mini: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads Kimi K3 in General LLM at #7 against #13.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads O3 Mini in Reasoning at #7 against #133.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads O3 Mini in Science at #17 against #76.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads O3 Mini in Long context at #8 against #145.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads O3 Mini in Abstraction (ARC) at #8 against #51.

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, O3 Mini is a former state-of-the-art holder in Reasoning (since Feb 9, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts); methodology v1.0).