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Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Kimi K2.6

Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Kimi K2.6 on coding, 62.5 to 52.1 on the Vibe Coding Index, at about the same output price ($3.75 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 99 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 3.6 Flash Replace Kimi K2.6
Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle
Coding
62.5
Overall
68.3
Output $/M
$3.75
87
Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI
Coding
52.1
Overall
60.5
Output $/M
$4.00
11
vs boards won of 99 shared, 1 tied

Gemini 3.6 Flash or Kimi K2.6: which to pick

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash for coding: it scores 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 52.1 for Kimi K2.6.

Pick Kimi K2.6 for a lower cost per solved task ($0.35 against $1.49) and work measured by ALE-Bench or Design Arena: agents building web apps, where it leads.

Model AGemini 3.6 FlashGoogle62.5/1004 independent benchmarks$1.49 per solved taskModel BKimi K2.6Moonshot AI52.1/1003 independent benchmarks$0.35 per solved task
Shared results
99
Gemini 3.6 Flash only
10
Kimi K2.6 only
10
Like-for-like categories
8 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.

At a glance

Coding index
Gemini 3.6 Flash 62.5 from 4 benchmarks, Kimi K2.6 52.1 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 7.9 points apart on average over 13 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
SimpleQA Verified: Gemini 3.6 Flash 66.2% against Kimi K2.6 34.9%, 31.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 3.6 Flash $3.75 against Kimi K2.6 $4.00 per million output tokens, 1.1x apart.
Context window
Gemini 3.6 Flash takes 1.05M tokens, Kimi K2.6 262K.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemini 3.6 FlashBarsKimi K2.6Ties
Coding1411 tie
Intelligence20
Agentic work103
Reasoning111
Math42
Knowledge101
Web design70
General293
All shared boards87111 tie
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index141
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.6Leader
LMArena WebDev15381509Gemini 3.6 Flash
AA Coding Index69.261.8Gemini 3.6 Flash
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)88.1%86.8%Gemini 3.6 Flash
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)79.6%76.2%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)64.0%37.9%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Code migration (Vals AI)30.9%27.8%Gemini 3.6 Flash
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%0.0%Tie
IOI (Vals AI)35.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)73.8%53.6%Gemini 3.6 Flash
CyberBench (Vals AI)45.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
SciCode53.4%51.5%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured43.9%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
FrontierCode34.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
WeirdML56.1%55.9%Gemini 3.6 Flash
ALE-Bench715.51092.7Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: coding14911489Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: software and IT14921484Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena WebDev: React15281505Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena WebDev: HTML15471485Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena WebDev: from an image15451521Gemini 3.6 Flash
SciCode10.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.6Leader
AA Intelligence Index34.027.0Gemini 3.6 Flash
Epoch Capabilities Index154.5150.9Gemini 3.6 Flash
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index103
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.6Leader
AA Agentic Index29.020.5Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: agents building web apps11971268Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps11811155Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps11981156Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: agents building Android apps12041161Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: agents building Godot gamesNot measured1120Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building games11801141Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: HTML slides10991135Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides11211103Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: spreadsheets10711276Kimi K2.6
Finance Agent (Vals AI)56.3%44.9%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)18.0%12.4%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)25.0%15.9%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)65.4%57.9%Gemini 3.6 Flash
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)58.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)4.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured95.9%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
APEX-Agents46.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
OSWorld 2.0Not measured4.6%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$6,205Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index111
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.6Leader
GPQA Diamond93.4%89.1%Gemini 3.6 Flash
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)88.4%86.3%Gemini 3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)92.8%91.1%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)40.8%37.5%Gemini 3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)94.1%90.8%Gemini 3.6 Flash
ARC-AGI91.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
ARC-AGI-260.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Chess puzzles42.0%20.0%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Mystery game puzzles30.0%18.0%Gemini 3.6 Flash
EBR-benchNot measured2.4%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14861470Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: expert14901491Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14841471Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: diagrams13141298Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: homework13141310Gemini 3.6 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index42
Math benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.6Leader
OTIS Mock AIME94.2%96.1%Kimi K2.6
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 358.9%57.2%Gemini 3.6 Flash
FrontierMath, tier 422.0%25.6%Kimi K2.6
ProofBench36.0%16.0%Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: math15081474Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: mathematical work14921480Gemini 3.6 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index101
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.6Leader
MMLU Pro89.3%87.6%Gemini 3.6 Flash
LegalBench (Vals AI)86.7%84.7%Gemini 3.6 Flash
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured61.2%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)63.3%66.7%Kimi K2.6
TaxEval (Vals AI)74.9%74.7%Gemini 3.6 Flash
MortgageTax (Vals AI)67.6%65.8%Gemini 3.6 Flash
MedCode (Vals AI)53.1%40.1%Gemini 3.6 Flash
SimpleQA Verified66.2%34.9%Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: science14891468Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14691457Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: legal and government14791462Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: business and finance14641445Gemini 3.6 Flash
FACTS Benchmark Suite65.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.6Leader
Design Arena: websites13001268Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: UI components12941263Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: game dev12631250Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: data viz12891249Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: 3D12711267Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: all code categories12891271Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1181Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art12811165Gemini 3.6 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index293
General benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.6Leader
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)56.6%56.6%Kimi K2.6
SAGE (Vals AI)48.7%50.2%Kimi K2.6
MedScribe (Vals AI)79.7%78.2%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Vals Multimodal Index65.1%56.4%Gemini 3.6 Flash
IFBenchNot measured76.0%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)80.0%81.0%Kimi K2.6
DTBench95.5%90.9%Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMCA44.9%37.3%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Furniture assembly23.3%21.7%Gemini 3.6 Flash
ExploitBenchNot measured18.4%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Text14801455Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: instruction following14671451Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: creative writing14661434Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision12991282Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: English14821460Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: non-English14701446Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Chinese15311520Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: German14801451Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Japanese14751443Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Korean14291427Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: French15031471Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Spanish14761464Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Russian14881446Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Polish14731438Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: multi-turn14811453Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: longer queries14751468Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: writing and language14701439Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14561428Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: English12951287Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: Chinese13571346Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: reading text13121291Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: humor12891280Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: creative writing12781273Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Document14561451Gemini 3.6 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.6Leader
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 3.6 Flash$0.0026Fits in one request
Kimi K2.6$0.0029Fits in one request

Gemini 3.6 Flash costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3.6 Flash$0.049Fits in one request
Kimi K2.6$0.059Fits in one request

Gemini 3.6 Flash costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3.6 Flash$0.188Fits in one request
Kimi K2.6$0.230Fits in one request

Gemini 3.6 Flash 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.

Specifications of Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.6
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 3.6 FlashMoonshotAI Kimi K2.6
MakerGoogleMoonshot AI
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedJuly 21, 2026April 20, 2026
Context window1.05M262K
Input $/Mtok$0.75$0.95
Output $/Mtok$3.75$4.00
Coding index62.552.1
Independent measurements behind it43
Cost per solved task$1.49$0.35
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Kimi K2.6 for coding?

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash for coding: it scores 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 52.1 for Kimi K2.6. Pick Kimi K2.6 for a lower cost per solved task ($0.35 against $1.49) and work measured by ALE-Bench or Design Arena: agents building web apps, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Kimi K2.6?

Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.6 costs $0.95 and $4.00. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $1.49 and Kimi K2.6 $0.35.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Kimi K2.6?

Gemini 3.6 Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Kimi K2.6 comparison based on?

99 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3.6 Flash's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and Kimi K2.6's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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