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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Kimi K2.7 Code

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 43.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 5 categories and Kimi K2.7 Code in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 39.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 66.2% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 36.5% for Kimi K2.7 Code.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.95 / $4 for Kimi K2.7 Code.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Kimi K2.7 Code has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index54.143.3
Released2026-07-212026-06-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.95
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$4
Results tracked4619

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
DeepSWE46.7%30.5%
FrontierCode34.4%30.1%
LMArena WebDev15381473
SciCode52.7%47.5%
WeirdML56.1%54.1%
ALE-Bench715.52886.23
LMArena Coding1491—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
APEX-Agents46.9%37.6%
GBAEval—0.9%
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 2—5,083

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
CritPt10.6%10%
Chess Puzzles43%21%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25149.97
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
SimpleBench—57.9%
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1485—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench—48.8%

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%54%
FrontierMath Tier 422%12.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%95.6%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
ProofBench36%—
LMArena Math1505—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
GPQA Diamond94.1%87.9%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%36.5%
LMArena Expert1488—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Non-English1469—
LMArena Chinese1531—
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Russian1487—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Instruction Following1466—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Longer Query1474—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Text1479—
LMArena Creative Writing1465—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Kimi K2.7 Code?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 43.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Kimi K2.7 Code?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.7 Code lists at $0.95 and $4.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Kimi K2.7 Code better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 42.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K2.7 Code share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.7 Code has 19.

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