# Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Kimi K2 6

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Kimi K2 6 in 7 of 7 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Coding › Web dev, Long context, Vision, and Factuality.

Gemini 3.8 Flash: $1.5 per 1M blended tokens.

Kimi K2 6: $1.3399999999999999 per 1M blended tokens.

Gemini 3.8 Flash: closed weights.

Kimi K2 6: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Kimi K2 6 in General LLM at #7 against #51.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Kimi K2 6 in Reasoning at #6 against #48.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Kimi K2 6 in Science at #4 against #29.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Kimi K2 6 in Coding › Web dev at #29 against #49.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Kimi K2 6 in Long context at #5 against #43.
- Which to pick, Vision: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Kimi K2 6 in Vision at #15 against #30.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Kimi K2 6 in Factuality at #19 against #46.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash is state of the art on best per dollar in General LLM (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K2 6 is a former state-of-the-art holder in Coding › Web dev (since Jun 5, 2026; sources LMArena WebDev; methodology v1.0).