# Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Kimi K3

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Kimi K3 in 1 of 8 shared categories: Science.

Gemini 3.6 Flash: $1.5 per 1M blended tokens.

Kimi K3: $4.125 per 1M blended tokens.

Gemini 3.6 Flash: closed weights.

Kimi K3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 3.6 Flash in General LLM at #13 against #19.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 3.6 Flash in Reasoning at #7 against #24.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Kimi K3 in Science at #9 against #17.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 3.6 Flash in Coding › Web dev at #11 against #39.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 3.6 Flash in Long context at #8 against #26.
- Which to pick, Vision: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 3.6 Flash in Vision at #22 against #29.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 3.6 Flash in Factuality at #19 against #20.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 3.6 Flash in Abstraction (ARC) at #8 against #13.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash is ranked #9 in Science (since Oct 14, 2026; sources GPQA Diamond; 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).