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Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Kimi K2.7 Code

Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Kimi K2.7 Code on coding, 62.5 to 53.4 on the Vibe Coding Index, at about the same output price ($3.75 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 42 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 3.6 Flash Replace Kimi K2.7 Code
Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle
Coding
62.5
Overall
68.3
Output $/M
$3.75
37
Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI
Coding
53.4
Overall
56.7
Output $/M
$4.00
4
vs boards won of 42 shared, 1 tied

Gemini 3.6 Flash or Kimi K2.7 Code: which to pick

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash for coding: it scores 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 53.4 for Kimi K2.7 Code.

Pick Kimi K2.7 Code for a lower cost per solved task ($0.35 against $1.49) and work measured by ALE-Bench or Design Arena: HTML slides, where it leads.

Model AGemini 3.6 FlashGoogle62.5/1004 independent benchmarks$1.49 per solved taskModel BKimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI53.4/1004 independent benchmarks$0.35 per solved task
Shared results
42
Gemini 3.6 Flash only
67
Kimi K2.7 Code only
9
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 K2.7 Code 53.4 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Knowledge, 29.7 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
SimpleQA Verified: Gemini 3.6 Flash 66.2% against Kimi K2.7 Code 36.5%, 29.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 3.6 Flash $3.75 against Kimi K2.7 Code $4.00 per million output tokens, 1.1x apart.
Context window
Gemini 3.6 Flash takes 1.05M tokens, Kimi K2.7 Code 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 K2.7 CodeTies
Coding1311 tie
Intelligence20
Agentic work72
Reasoning40
Math21
Knowledge10
Web design70
General10
All shared boards3741 tie
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index131
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.7 Code
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 CodeLeader
LMArena WebDev15381474Gemini 3.6 Flash
AA Coding Index69.260.8Gemini 3.6 Flash
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)88.1%82.0%Gemini 3.6 Flash
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)79.6%78.2%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)64.0%47.2%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Code migration (Vals AI)30.9%25.4%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%67.0%Gemini 3.6 Flash
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured50.0%Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)45.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
SciCode53.4%47.8%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured44.7%Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured
FrontierCode34.4%30.1%Gemini 3.6 Flash
WeirdML56.1%54.1%Gemini 3.6 Flash
ALE-Bench715.5886.2Kimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Text: coding1491Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: software and IT1492Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena WebDev: React15281475Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena WebDev: HTML15471451Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena WebDev: from an image15451513Gemini 3.6 Flash
SciCode10.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.7 Code
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 CodeLeader
AA Intelligence Index34.025.8Gemini 3.6 Flash
Epoch Capabilities Index154.5150.1Gemini 3.6 Flash
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index72
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.7 Code
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 CodeLeader
AA Agentic Index29.021.0Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: agents building web apps11971176Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps11811175Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps11981143Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: agents building Android apps12041138Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: agents building Godot gamesNot measured1147Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured
Design Arena: agents building games11801130Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: HTML slides10991151Kimi K2.7 Code
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides11211129Kimi K2.7 Code
Design Arena: spreadsheets1071Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)56.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)18.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)25.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)65.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
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 measured90.1%Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured
APEX-Agents46.9%37.6%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$5,083Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured
Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.7 Code
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 CodeLeader
GPQA Diamond93.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)88.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)92.8%89.6%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)40.8%35.0%Gemini 3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)94.1%87.9%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
SimpleBenchNot measured57.9%Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured
Chess puzzles42.0%14.0%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Mystery game puzzles30.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts1486Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: expert1490Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English1484Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: diagrams1314Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: homework1314Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21
Math benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.7 Code
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 CodeLeader
OTIS Mock AIME94.2%95.6%Kimi K2.7 Code
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 358.9%54.0%Gemini 3.6 Flash
FrontierMath, tier 422.0%12.2%Gemini 3.6 Flash
ProofBench36.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: math1508Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: mathematical work1492Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.7 Code
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 CodeLeader
MMLU Pro89.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)86.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)63.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)74.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)67.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
MedCode (Vals AI)53.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
SimpleQA Verified66.2%36.5%Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: science1489Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare1469Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: legal and government1479Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: business and finance1464Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
FACTS Benchmark Suite65.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 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 K2.7 Code
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 CodeLeader
Design Arena: websites13001263Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: UI components12941255Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: game dev12631220Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: data viz12891227Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: 3D12711240Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: all code categories12891252Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1176Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured
Design Arena: ASCII art12811196Gemini 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 index10
General benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.7 Code
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 CodeLeader
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)56.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
SAGE (Vals AI)48.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)79.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Vals Multimodal Index65.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
IFBenchNot measured63.1%Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)80.0%79.3%Gemini 3.6 Flash
DTBench95.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMCA44.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Surface Evolver BenchNot measured48.8%Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured
Furniture assembly23.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text1480Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: instruction following1467Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: creative writing1466Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Vision1299Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: English1482Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: non-English1470Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: Chinese1531Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: German1480Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: Japanese1475Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: Korean1429Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: French1503Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: Spanish1476Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: Russian1488Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: Polish1473Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn1481Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: longer queries1475Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: writing and language1470Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: entertainment and media1456Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: English1295Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1357Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1312Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: humor1289Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1278Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Document1456Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
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 K2.7 Code
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 CodeLeader
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 K2.7 Code$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 K2.7 Code$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 K2.7 Code$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 K2.7 Code
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 3.6 FlashMoonshotAI Kimi K2.7 Code
MakerGoogleMoonshot AI
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedJuly 21, 2026June 12, 2026
Context window1.05M262K
Input $/Mtok$0.75$0.95
Output $/Mtok$3.75$4.00
Coding index62.553.4
Independent measurements behind it44
Cost per solved task$1.49$0.35
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Kimi K2.7 Code for coding?

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash for coding: it scores 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 53.4 for Kimi K2.7 Code. Pick Kimi K2.7 Code for a lower cost per solved task ($0.35 against $1.49) and work measured by ALE-Bench or Design Arena: HTML slides, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Kimi K2.7 Code?

Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.7 Code costs $0.95 and $4.00. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $1.49 and Kimi K2.7 Code $0.35.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Kimi K2.7 Code?

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

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Kimi K2.7 Code comparison based on?

42 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 K2.7 Code's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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