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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Kimi K2.7 Code

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 43.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 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 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 39.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is DeepSWE: 73.8% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 30.5% for Kimi K2.7 Code.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.95 / $4 for Kimi K2.7 Code.
  • Gemini 3.8 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 3.8 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index61.843.3
Released2026-09-022026-06-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.95
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$4
Results tracked5019

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
DeepSWE73.8%30.5%
FrontierCode41.2%30.1%
LMArena WebDev15841473
SciCode56.6%47.5%
WeirdML84.8%54.1%
ALE-Bench1,270886.23
CursorBench39.6%—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
LMArena Coding1510—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
APEX-Agents64.3%37.6%
Vending-Bench 25,0945,083
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GBAEval—0.9%
GDP.pdf23.4%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
CritPt18.3%10%
Chess Puzzles61%21%
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%48.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71149.97
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
SimpleBench—57.9%
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1508—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%54%
FrontierMath Tier 422%12.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%95.6%
ProofBench48%—
LMArena Math1528—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
GPQA Diamond95.4%87.9%
SimpleQA Verified69.7%36.5%
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
LMArena Expert1524—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Non-English1491—
LMArena Chinese1554—
LMArena French1498—
LMArena German1493—
LMArena Japanese1502—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Russian1515—
LMArena Spanish1485—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Instruction Following1490—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Longer Query1508—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Text1499—
LMArena Creative Writing1492—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—
LMArena Multi-Turn1501—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Kimi K2.7 Code?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 43.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Kimi K2.7 Code?

Gemini 3.8 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 3.8 Flash or Kimi K2.7 Code better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 42.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.8 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Kimi K2.7 Code share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.7 Code has 19.

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