# Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Kimi K3

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Kimi K3 in 7 of 8 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Long context, Vision, Factuality, and Abstraction (ARC).

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

Kimi K3: $4.125 per 1M blended tokens.

Gemini 3.8 Flash: closed weights.

Kimi K3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Kimi K3 in General LLM at #7 against #13.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Kimi K3 in Reasoning at #6 against #7.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Kimi K3 in Science at #4 against #17.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Gemini 3.8 Flash in Coding › Web dev at #11 against #27.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Kimi K3 in Long context at #5 against #8.
- Which to pick, Vision: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Kimi K3 in Vision at #15 against #22.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Kimi K3 in Factuality at #17 against #19.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Kimi K3 in Abstraction (ARC) at #1 against #8.

As of Oct 14, 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 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).