Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Kimi K3.1 Pro
Kimi K3.1 Pro leads Gemini 2.5 Pro on coding, 82.2 to 19.1 on the Vibe Coding Index, at about the same output price ($10.00 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 29, 2026; 13 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 2.5 Pro or Kimi K3.1 Pro: which to pick
Pick Kimi K3.1 Pro for coding: it scores 82.2 on the Vibe Coding Index against 19.1 for Gemini 2.5 Pro.
Gemini 2.5 Pro is neither cheaper nor larger in context, and leads no benchmark both models were measured on.
- Shared results
- 13
- Gemini 2.5 Pro only
- 78
- Kimi K3.1 Pro only
- 22
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
Kimi K3.1 Pro
Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 82.2 against 19.1.
3 and 4 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Kimi K3.1 Pro has a AA Intelligence Index result, 46.0.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.6.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Kimi K3.1 Pro
Kimi K3.1 Pro leads, 1325 against 1166.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Kimi K3.1 Pro has a Vals Index result, 62.5%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 1.05M tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro $0.0063, Kimi K3.1 Pro $0.0070 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has the number, $0.64.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 2.5 Pro 19.1 from 3 benchmarks, Kimi K3.1 Pro 82.2 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 56.7 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Gemini 2.5 Pro 0.4% against Kimi K3.1 Pro 84.9%, 84.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Both cost $10.00 per million output tokens.
- Context window
- Both take 1.05M tokens.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Bars | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 4 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 1 | ||
| Math | 0 | 1 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 6 | ||
| General | 0 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 13 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 53.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 81.8% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1226 | 1695 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| AA Coding Index | 33.3 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 54.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 63.6% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 0.4% | 84.9% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 81.9% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 80.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| SciCode | 46.3% | 60.8% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 26.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 32.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| GSO-Bench | 3.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| WeirdML | 54.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1932.8 | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1451 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1459 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1701 | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1235 | 1706 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1285 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 46.0 | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.1 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index15 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.6 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 77.9% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 75.9% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 39.1% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 24.9% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 37.5% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 11.7% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 75.6% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 31.4% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 44.4% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 54.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| GDPval | 23.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 41.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $574 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| BrowseComp-Plus | 29.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 91.1% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 26.1% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 84.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 22.5% | 52.5% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 85.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| ARC-AGI | 41.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1455 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1452 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1453 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1274 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1281 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 70.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 87.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 84.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 24.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 91.0% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1450 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1454 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MathArena | 12.4% | 59.6% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 63.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 60.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 50.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 86.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1480 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1476 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1480 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1439 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 46.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| PRBench Finance | 38.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| PRBench Legal | 41.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1166 | 1325 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1135 | 1400 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1110 | 1410 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1223 | 1300 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1077 | 1451 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1151 | 1354 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1328 | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 77.8% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 62.5% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 79.1% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 73.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| IFBench | 48.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 69.0% | 86.3% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| DTBench | 82.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMCA | 34.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 83.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text | 1458 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1437 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1454 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1458 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1451 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1507 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1487 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1461 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1434 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1473 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1474 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1461 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1479 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1453 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1449 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1454 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1441 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1261 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1300 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1270 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1262 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1304 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1283 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1265 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Document | 1421 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MultiChallenge | 53.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Pro costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Pro costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Pro costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Gemini 2.5 Pro | MoonshotAI Kimi K3.1 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Moonshot AI | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | June 17, 2025 | October 23, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.25 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $10.00 |
| Coding index | 19.1 | 82.2 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.64 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Pro better than Kimi K3.1 Pro for coding?
Pick Kimi K3.1 Pro for coding: it scores 82.2 on the Vibe Coding Index against 19.1 for Gemini 2.5 Pro. Gemini 2.5 Pro is neither cheaper nor larger in context, and leads no benchmark both models were measured on.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Kimi K3.1 Pro?
Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Kimi K3.1 Pro costs $2.00 and $10.00. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 2.5 Pro only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Kimi K3.1 Pro?
Neither: both take 1.05M tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Kimi K3.1 Pro comparison based on?
13 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 29, 2026. Gemini 2.5 Pro's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Kimi K3.1 Pro's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.