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Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs Kimi K2.5

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 18 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

50.83/100
Margin
8.8pts
winning →
Moonshot AI
59.66/100
0 category wins1 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite #111 (Supported); Kimi K2.5 #54 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and Kimi K2.5 share 18 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 2 results are unique to Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite; 45 to Kimi K2.5.

Updated July 22, 2026
Shared results
18
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite only
2
Kimi K2.5 only
45
Comparable categories
1 / 8

Pick Kimi K2.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you need the larger 1M context window.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 18 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 1 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Kimi K2.5 is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 59.66 to 50.83. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Kimi K2.5's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 78.5 against 73.2.

Kimi K2.5 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.60 input / $3.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.25 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens for Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite. That is roughly 2.0x on output cost alone. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Kimi K2.5.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and Kimi K2.5
CategoryGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteΔKimi K2.5
MultimodalGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite73.2Margin 5.3Kimi K2.578.5
AgenticGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.555.0
CodingGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.559.4
ReasoningGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.561.0
KnowledgeGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.556.9
MathGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.560.6
MultilingualGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.582.3
Inst. FollowingGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.593.9

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteKimi K2.5Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite$0.25 input / $1.5 outputKimi K2.5$0.6 input / $3 outputGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite205 tok/sKimi K2.545 tok/sGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite7.50 sKimi K2.52.38 sKimi K2.5 reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite1MKimi K2.5256KGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteKimi K2.5Result
AA Agentic IndexSource 6.2%21.7%Kimi K2.5 leads
APEX-Agents-AASource 12.2%11.5%Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite leads
τ²-bench resultsSource 31.3%95.9%Kimi K2.5 leads
GDPval-AASource 7.1%25.4%Kimi K2.5 leads
GDPval-AASource 6421009Kimi K2.5 leads
Gert LabsSource 38.46%45.88%Kimi K2.5 leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 50.8%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 60.6%Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 52.3%Not comparable
QwenClawBenchSource 54.3%Not comparable
τ³-bench resultsSource 65.7%Not comparable
DeepSearchQASource 77.1%Not comparable
DeepPlanningSource 14.4%Not comparable
ToolathlonSource 27.8%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 29.5%Not comparable
MCP-TasksSource 59.1%Not comparable
WideResearchSource 72.7%Not comparable
ResearchClawBenchSource 14.0%Not comparable
JobBenchSource 8.7%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteKimi K2.5Result
Vibe Code BenchSource 0.00%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 34.7%46.8%Kimi K2.5 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 41.9%49.0%Kimi K2.5 leads
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 76.8%Not comparable
SWE-bench Verified*Source 70.8%Not comparable
LiveCodeBench v6Source 85.0%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 50.7%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 73%Not comparable
SWE-RebenchSource 58.5%Not comparable
React Native EvalsSource 77.2%Not comparable
SciCodeSource 48.7%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteKimi K2.5Result
AA-LCRSource 65.3%65.3%Tie
CritPtSource 1.1%3.1%Kimi K2.5 leads
LongBench v2Source 61%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteKimi K2.5Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 25.0%35.4%Kimi K2.5 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 82.2%87.9%Kimi K2.5 leads
AA-HLESource 16.2%29.4%Kimi K2.5 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -15.5%-8.1%Kimi K2.5 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 36.4%34.3%Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 81.6%64.6%Kimi K2.5 leads
GPQASource 87.6%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 87.6%Not comparable
SuperGPQASource 69.2%Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 87.1%Not comparable
MMLU-Pro (Arcee)Source 87.1%Not comparable
HLESource 30.1%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteKimi K2.5Result
AIME 2025Source 96.1%Not comparable
AIME26Source 95.8%Not comparable
AIME25 (Arcee)Source 96.3%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2025Source 95.4%Not comparable
HMMT Nov 2025Source 91.1%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source 87.1%Not comparable
MMAnswerBenchSource 81.8%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 27.900%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 4.200%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteKimi K2.5Result
MMLU-ProXSource 82.3%Not comparable
NOVA-63Source 56.0%Not comparable
MultimodalKimi K2.5 wins
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteKimi K2.5Result
CharXivSource 73.2%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 75.5%75.4%Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite leads
MMMU-ProSource 78.5%Not comparable
Video-MMESource 87.4%Not comparable
MMVUSource 80.4%Not comparable
VideoMMMUSource 86.6%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1279Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteKimi K2.5Result
AA-IFBenchSource 77.2%70.2%Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite leads
IFEvalSource 93.9%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite or Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 59.66 to 50.83.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite or Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.5 versus 73.2. Inside this category, AA-MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
API / mo$1,313
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Kimi K2.5
API / mo$2,700
Self-host / mo$5,221
Break-even132M/day
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 22, 2026

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