Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Kimi K2.6

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 47.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 37 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 37 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 10 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 40.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 58% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 16% for Kimi K2.6.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.95 / $4 for Kimi K2.6.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Kimi K2.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 Flash and Kimi K2.6 specifications
Gemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.6
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index59.847.7
Released2026-08-132026-04-20
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.95
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$4
Results tracked4451

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.6
LMArena WebDev15921509
SciCode59.8%53.5%
LMArena Coding14971488
ALE-Bench904.31,093
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
WeirdML—55.9%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.6
GDP.pdf23.8%12%
APEX-Agents67.8%—
OSWorld 2.0—4.6%
Remote Labor Index5%—
ExploitBench—18.4%
GBAEval—0.9%
Vending-Bench 2—6,205

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.6
NYT Connections (extended)94%87.2%
CritPt14.3%8%
Chess Puzzles47%26%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941470
Mystery Game Puzzles37%18%
DTBench96.8%90.9%
LMCA50.4%37.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27151.05
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
EBR-Bench—2.4%

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41)

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.6
GPQA Diamond94.8%90.8%
SimpleQA Verified69.2%34.9%
LMArena Expert15081491
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.8%

Multimodal Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.6
LMArena Vision13161283
Furniture Assembly26.7%21.7%
Blueprint-Bench 2—3.9%
LMArena Document—1451

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English14841446
LMArena Chinese15481521
LMArena French15051471
LMArena German14981450
LMArena Japanese15121443
LMArena Korean14831427
LMArena Russian15161446
LMArena Spanish15031464

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.6
LMArena Instruction Following14831451

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.6
LMArena Longer Query14921468

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.6
LMArena Text14861455
LMArena Creative Writing14901434
EQ-Bench Creative Writing17231725
LMArena Multi-Turn14891453
EQ-Bench 4—1202

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Kimi K2.6?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 47.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Kimi K2.6?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.6 lists at $0.95 and $4.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 50.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Kimi K2.6 share?

37 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.

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