Gemini 4 Argon (High) vs Kimi K3 (Max)

Which is better for the money: Gemini 4 Argon (High) by Google or Kimi K3 (Max) by Kimi? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Clear winner

GoogleGemini 4 Argon (High)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 52.60
Total cost: $2407

KimiKimi K3 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 43.60
Total cost: $3658

Verdict

Pick Gemini 4 Argon (High)

Kimi K3 (Max) vs Gemini 4 Argon (High): 17.1% less intelligence, 52.0% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 7.3% faster end-to-end.

Metric	Gemini 4 Argon (High)	Kimi K3 (Max)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	52.6	43.6	−17.1% Kimi K3 (Max) is 17.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,407.24	$3,658.07	+52.0% Kimi K3 (Max) is 52.0% more expensive
End-to-end time (lower is better)	63.20s	58.57s	−7.3% Kimi K3 (Max) is 7.3% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$2.00 / $10.0	$3.00 / $15.0
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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

Gemini 4 Argon (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
Kimi K3 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55.10 for $3117.

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