# Gemini 4 Argon vs Kimi K3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 4 Argon and Kimi K3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-4-argon-vs-kimi-k3
- Last updated: September 30, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 4 Argon only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Kimi K3 leads overall 71.34 to 64.59.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 77.1 for Gemini 4 Argon and 65.8 for Kimi K3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) in Instruction Following, with scores of 0.7% and 52.7%.
- Gemini 4 Argon is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Kimi K3 also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 4 Argon | Kimi K3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Pending |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | null | 1.05M |
| Overall Score | 64.59 | 71.34 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 48 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $10.00 | $3.00 / $15.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 63.7 (Estimated · #14/119)
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 68 (Supported · #8/119)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AutomationBench | 51.3% | 30.8% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Finance Agent v2 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 57.40% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 39.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 69.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | 68.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 (6x verifier timeout) | 57.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 88.3% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 91.2% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 95.0% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 73.2% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 52.9% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 37.6% | Coming soon |
| SpreadsheetBench 2 | Coming soon | 34.8% | Coming soon |
| DECK-Bench | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 80.9% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 18% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 4 Argon
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 68.4 (Supported · #8/144)
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 61.6 (Supported · #17/144)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 77.9% | 67.5% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 55.1% | 25.9% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 91.90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 45.3% | 32.0% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| cursorBench32 | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | Coming soon | 72.9% | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | Coming soon | 42% | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | Coming soon | 36.6% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 73.7% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 57.3% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 93.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 77.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 65.8 (#18/27)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 99.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GraphWalks BFS 256K–1M | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | Coming soon | 94.50% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 60.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 89.4 (#1/49)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Chartography (no tools) | 71.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LVBench | 91.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 63.3% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 81.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 84.8% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 97.8% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 23.0% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | Coming soon | 41.0% | Coming soon |
| WorldVQA ForceAnswer | Coming soon | 51.0% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | Coming soon | 58.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 4 Argon
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 72.9 (Supported · #11/170)
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 68.3 (Supported · #17/170)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LABBench2 | 88.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 56% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 43.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 0.7% | 52.7% | Gemini 4 Argon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 4 Argon or Kimi K3?

Kimi K3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 4 Argon and Kimi K3?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 77.1 for Gemini 4 Argon and 65.8 for Kimi K3.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 4 Argon cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 4 Argon currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K3 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K3 currently has 48 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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