Gemini 4 Argon vs Kimi K3
Verdict
- Gemini 4 Argon (high) leads on quality: 70.0 vs 65.5.
- Gemini 4 Argon (high) is stronger in agents & tools, coding, composite, human preference, knowledge, maths, reasoning.
- Kimi K3 (max) is stronger in long context, multimodal.
- Gemini 4 Argon (high) is 1.5× cheaper ($4.00 vs $6.00 per 1M blended).
| Metric | Gemini 4 Argon (high) | Kimi K3 (max) |
|---|---|---|
| BenchLeader Index | 70.0 | 65.5 |
| Agents & tools score | 67.5 | 66.2 |
| Coding score | 72.1 | 64.7 |
| Composite score | 89.2 | 79.0 |
| Human preference score | 73.2 | 68.6 |
| Knowledge score | 75.7 | 63.2 |
| Long context score | 65.0 | 69.7 |
| Maths score | 71.9 | 63.8 |
| Reasoning score | 82.0 | 66.6 |
| Multimodal score | – | 63.7 |
| Blended price $/M | $4.00 | $6.00 |
| Output speed | – | 41 tok/s |
| Time to first answer | – | 52.2 s |
| Context window | 1M | 1.0M |
| GPQA Diamond | – | 93.1% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 | – | 72.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | – | 39.0% |
| OTIS Mock AIME | – | 97.2% |
| SimpleQA Verified | – | 50.6% |
| SimpleBench | – | 60.7% |
| SciCode | 61.8% | 59.5% |
| WeirdML | – | 82.6% |
| LMArena Text | 1525 | 1488 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1551 | 1517 |
| LMArena Coding | 1562 | 1540 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | 1654 |
| LMArena Agent | 9.3 | 3.8 |
| AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2 | 52.6 | 43.6 |
| AA-LCR | 79.7% | 88.7% |
| MMMU-Pro | – | 80.5% |
| AA-Omniscience | 42.4 | 19.7 |
| GPQA Diamond (AA) | – | 93.5% |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA) | 57.1% | 46.9% |
| SciCode (AA) | 61.8% | 59.5% |
| LiveCodeBench | – | 87.2% |
| MMLU-Pro | – | 88.0% |
| IOI | 100.0% | 48.9% |
| LegalBench | 88.3% | – |
| Vals Index | 68.9 | – |
| MCP Atlas | – | 82.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | – | 94.5% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | – | 60.4% |
| CritPt | 27.1% | 23.4% |
| GDPval-AA v2.1 | 56.3% | 51.7% |
| τ³-Banking (AA) | – | 46.0% |
| ITBench SRE (AA) | – | 47.7% |
| Analyst Agent (AA) | – | 38.8% |
| APEX-Agents (AA) | – | 41.3% |
| BioMysteryBench | 76.3% | 71.5% |
| Code Migration | 68.2% | 16.1% |
| CUA-bench | 4.8% | – |
| CyberBench | 77.9% | 75.2% |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark | 75.2% | 66.4% |
| Finance Agent v2 | 65.4% | – |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark | 19.6% | 10.8% |
| Legal Research Bench | 54.8% | – |
| MedCode | 58.8% | – |
| MedScribe | 87.4% | – |
| MysteryMechanism | 45.5% | – |
| ProgramBench | 2.5% | – |
| Public Benefits Bench | 69.8% | 68.3% |
| SAGE | 53.6% | – |
| SREBench | 44.3% | – |
| Tax Agent Bench | 76.2% | 68.7% |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Vals) | 57.6% | 19.7% |
| Terminal-Bench Science | 44.3% | 2.9% |
| Time Horizon Index: KSP | – | 10.5% |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 | – | 18.2% |
| Vibe Code Bench v1.1 | 91.9% | – |
| FORTRESS | – | 26.6% |
| LMArena Maths | 1528 | 1498 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1519 | 1460 |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1529 | 1488 |
| LMArena Multi-turn | 1553 | 1500 |
| LMArena Longer Queries | 1545 | 1504 |
| Chess Puzzles | – | 39.0% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | – | 26.0% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | – | 93.0% |
| DeepSWE v1.1 | – | 68.5% |
| LMCA | – | 52.7% |
| DTBench | – | 91.2% |
| ForecastBench | – | 61.1% |
| ALE-Bench | – | 1524.5 |
| GDP.pdf | – | 19.0% |
| FrontierSWE | 55.0% | 25.9% |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA) | 57.1% | 12.6% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (AA) | – | 85.0% |
| AutomationBench | 77.5% | 58.3% |
| GDP.pdf | 21.8% | 22.0% |
| MLCR | – | 38.3% |
| Harvey LAB | – | 5.3% |
| EnterpriseOps-Gym | – | 45.3% |
| AA-Omniscience: accuracy | 49.9% | 47.6% |
| AA-Omniscience: non-hallucination | 84.9% | 46.8% |
| AA-Briefcase v1.1 | 1488 | 1501 |
| AA Openness Index | – | 38.9 |
Data as of 2026-10-11. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.
Gemini 4 Argon vs Kimi K3: questions
- Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Kimi K3?
- Gemini 4 Argon (high) leads on quality: 70.0 vs 65.5. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; Gemini 4 Argon (high) is ahead overall as of 2026-10-11, but check the category scores for your use.
- Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Kimi K3 for coding?
- Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in coding (72 vs 65 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Kimi K3 for agentic tasks?
- Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in agentic tasks (68 vs 66 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or Kimi K3?
- Gemini 4 Argon is cheaper: $4.00 against $6.00 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
- Which has the larger context window?
- Kimi K3 accepts more context: 1.0M against 1M tokens.