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DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Kimi K3
Kimi K3 scores higher than DeepSeek V4 Pro on all 6 public leaderboards that rate both. On the ArtificialWatch Index, which takes the median of each model's percentile across the boards that score it, DeepSeek V4 Pro is at 37.1 and Kimi K3 at 60.4 (out of 100).
Scores as published by each board; table composed September 24, 2026.
Leaderboard by leaderboard
| Board | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Kimi K3 | Higher |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Elo (community votes) | 1,580.5 | 1,659.6 | Kimi K3 |
| LiveBench global average (0-100) | 77.4 | 79.2 | Kimi K3 |
| SimpleBench AVG@5 % (private set) | 50.9 | 60.7 | Kimi K3 |
| LLM Stats LLM Stats Score · composite (0-100), their rendered top 15 | 51.1 | 52.5 | Kimi K3 |
| Vals AI Vals Index accuracy % · weighted finance + coding tasks | 52.4 | 57.8 | Kimi K3 |
| Artificial Analysis intelligence index · measured runs only | 36 | 43.6 | Kimi K3 |
Raw scores are each board's own scale, so compare within a row, not across rows. Full table: the bench index.
DeepSeek V4 Pro at a glance
- Developer
- DeepSeek
- Status
- Live since April 24, 2026
Live · open weights · superseded by V4.1 Flash — per DeepSeek's own changelog rather than our own reading, deepseek-v4-flash routes to V4.1 Flash; the matching deepseek-v4-pro cutover set for 04:00 UTC Sep 14 was reversed on its eve and V4 Pro is still served at unchanged billing, which is search-grade too — but our own bench refresh still scored deepseek-v4-pro-0813 as a separate model on Sep 16 · our sweep read the bare deepseek-flash alias on Sep 10 at $0.15/$0.60 per 1M, 1M ctx.
DeepSeek V4-Pro lands at $0.435/$0.87 — and "model names remain unchanged" hides a 2.7x price fork
2026-08-13 · DeepSeek launched V4-Pro today on app, web and API. The headline features are agent upgrades, selectable reasoning effort across V4-Pro and V4-Flash, and native OpenAI Responses API support optimised for Codex. The line worth reading twice is the quiet one: "Model names remain unchanged."
Kimi K3 at a glance
- Developer
- Moonshot
- Status
- Live since July 15, 2026
Live — dropped Jul 15 · 2.8T · open weights landed Jul 28 (1.56 TB, MXFP4).
Kimi K3, day one: impressive, expensive, and a little slow
2026-07-16 · Kimi K3 has been live for a day, and the picture forming is more interesting than the launch-night hype. Here's everything we're seeing so far.
DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Kimi K3: quick answers
Which is better, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Kimi K3?
It depends on what you measure. Kimi K3 scores higher than DeepSeek V4 Pro on all 6 public leaderboards that rate both. Kimi K3's widest lead is on LLM Stats. On the ArtificialWatch Index, which takes the median of each model's percentile across the boards that score it, DeepSeek V4 Pro is at 37.1 and Kimi K3 at 60.4 (out of 100).
Which is newer, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Kimi K3?
Kimi K3. It went live on July 15, 2026, 82 days after DeepSeek V4 Pro (April 24, 2026).
Who makes DeepSeek V4 Pro and Kimi K3?
DeepSeek V4 Pro is from DeepSeek; Kimi K3 is from Moonshot.
Where do these numbers come from?
Each score is the leaderboard's own published figure, read by ArtificialWatch (table composed September 24, 2026). Boards measure different things, so raw scores are only comparable within a row.
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