Gemini 4 Argon vs Kimi K3.1 Pro

Prices checked

Gemini 4 Argon and Kimi K3.1 Pro split the 5 rounds this table counts: the maker's two prices, the cheapest price, the maker's blended price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.

Google

Gemini 4 Argon

1M context · tool calling · reads images

$4/M tokens

Google's own price · $1.80 per 1,000 pages

Moonshot AI

Kimi K3.1 Pro

1M context · tool calling · reads images

$4/M tokens

Moonshot AI's own price · $1.80 per 1,000 pages

Maker's price in (lower wins)

$2/M

$2/M

Maker's price out (lower wins)

$10/M

$10/M

Cheapest price (lower wins)

none below the maker

none below the maker

Maker's price, blended (lower wins)

$4/M

$4/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$1.80

$1.80

Context

1M tokens

1M tokens

Open weights

no

no

Tool calling

yes

yes

Structured output

yes

yes

Reads images

yes

yes

Reasoning

yes

yes

Released

13 Oct 2026

23 Oct 2026

Providers selling it

30

20

Price we measure against

the maker's own

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 13

  • NanoGPT$1.53 / $1.55
  • Eden AI$4 / $4
  • Jiekou$4 / $4
  • Kilo Gateway$4 / $4
  • LLMTR$4 / $4
  • Merge Gateway$4 / $4
  • Nous Portal$4 / $4
  • OpenRouter$4 / $4

Gemini 4 Argon, then Kimi K3.1 Pro, per million tokens; the 8 cheapest of 13.

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Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.

What moved this week

  1. Gemini 4 Argon

    Atlas Cloud · 20% cheaper ·

    $1.60 / $8 $2 / $10

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or Kimi K3.1 Pro?
Neither: both run at $4 per million tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 24 Oct 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?
Gemini 4 Argon: nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $4 is the number to beat. Kimi K3.1 Pro: nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $4 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?
Yes. 13 providers sell both: NanoGPT, Eden AI, Jiekou, Kilo Gateway, LLMTR, Merge Gateway, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
Which holds more context?
Both hold 1M tokens in one call.

Prices exclude tax, read 24 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.

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