# Kimi K3 vs O4 Mini

As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads O4 Mini in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Factuality, and Abstraction (ARC).

Kimi K3: $4.125 per 1M blended tokens.

O4 Mini: $1.9250000000000003 per 1M blended tokens.

Kimi K3: open weights.

O4 Mini: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads O4 Mini in General LLM at #13 against #125.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads O4 Mini in Reasoning at #7 against #129.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads O4 Mini in Science at #17 against #70.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads O4 Mini in Factuality at #19 against #122.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads O4 Mini in Abstraction (ARC) at #8 against #39.

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, O4 Mini is a former state-of-the-art holder in Math (since Jul 20, 2025; sources Humanity's Last Exam; methodology v1.0).