# Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Kimi K3

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.5 Flash leads Kimi K3 in 1 of 8 shared categories: Factuality.

Gemini 3.5 Flash: $3.375 per 1M blended tokens.

Kimi K3: $4.125 per 1M blended tokens.

Gemini 3.5 Flash: closed weights.

Kimi K3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 3.5 Flash in General LLM at #13 against #24.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 3.5 Flash in Reasoning at #7 against #32.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 3.5 Flash in Science at #17 against #18.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 3.5 Flash in Coding › Web dev at #11 against #48.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 3.5 Flash in Long context at #8 against #28.
- Which to pick, Vision: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 3.5 Flash in Vision at #22 against #29.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.5 Flash leads Kimi K3 in Factuality at #13 against #19.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 3.5 Flash in Abstraction (ARC) at #8 against #12.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.5 Flash is ranked #12 in Abstraction (ARC) (since Oct 14, 2026; sources ARC-AGI; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 14, 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).