GPT-6 Sol (Low) vs Kimi K3 (Max)

Which is better for the money: GPT-6 Sol (Low) by OpenAI or Kimi K3 (Max) by Kimi? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

OpenAIGPT-6 Sol (Low)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 34.20
Total cost: $269

KimiKimi K3 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 43.60
Total cost: $3658

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Kimi K3 (Max) scores 9.4 points higher (43.6 vs 34.2) but costs 14× as much to run the benchmark ($3658 vs $269; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Kimi K3 (Max) when you need intelligence above 34.2, and GPT-6 Sol (Low) when 34.2 is enough.

Metric	GPT-6 Sol (Low)	Kimi K3 (Max)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	34.2	43.6	+27.5% Kimi K3 (Max) is 27.5% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$268.73	$3,658.07	+1261.2% Kimi K3 (Max) is 14× more expensive
End-to-end time (lower is better)	6.18s	56.93s	+821.2% Kimi K3 (Max) is 821.2% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$2.00 / $10.0	$3.00 / $15.0
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text, Image

Kimi K3 (Max) vs GPT-6 Sol (Low): 27.5% more intelligence, 1261.2% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 821.2% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GPT-6 Sol (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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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