# Gemini 1.5 Flash vs Kimi K2.6

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 1.5 Flash and Kimi K2.6 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-vs-kimi-2-6
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemini 1.5 Flash and Kimi K2.6 share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Gemini 1.5 Flash has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 1.5 Flash | Kimi K2.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 60.56 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 37 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.95 / $4.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 1.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 44.8 (Supported · #58/124)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 66.7% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 83.2% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 73.1% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 50% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 55.9% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 62.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 92.5% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 56.82% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 4.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 1.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.3 (Supported · #55/148)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 9.6% | 80.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 58.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 76.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 52.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 66.7% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 37.89% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | Coming soon | 47.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 76.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 1.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 73.8 (#27/54)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 58.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 79.4% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | Coming soon | 80.1% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 1.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 60.4 (Supported · #47/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 50% | 90.5% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SimpleQA | 8.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 90.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 34.7% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 1.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 76.8 (#4/12)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 14.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 96.4% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 57.193% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 25.641% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemini 1.5 Flash and Kimi K2.6?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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