# Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Kimi K3

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 2.5 Flash leads Kimi K3 in 0 of 4 shared categories.

Gemini 2.5 Flash: $0.85 per 1M blended tokens.

Kimi K3: $4.109999999999999 per 1M blended tokens.

Gemini 2.5 Flash: closed weights.

Kimi K3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 2.5 Flash in General LLM at #13 against #108.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 2.5 Flash in Reasoning at #7 against #114.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 2.5 Flash in Long context at #8 against #104.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 2.5 Flash in Factuality at #19 against #72.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 2.5 Flash is ranked #72 in Factuality (since Oct 15, 2026; sources LMArena Text factuality; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 is tied for state of the art in General LLM (since Oct 13, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).