# Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Kimi K3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-6-flash-vs-kimi-k3
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 3.6 Flash only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Kimi K3 leads overall 72.14 to 65.16.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 45 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 68.1 for Kimi K3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is DeepSWE in Coding, with scores of 49.0% and 67.5%.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Kimi K3 also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Kimi K3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Pending |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1.05M |
| Overall Score | 65.16 | 72.14 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 48 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.75 / $3.75 | $3.00 / $15.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Kimi K3
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 45 (Supported · #46/119)
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 68.1 (Supported · #8/119)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OSWorld-Verified | 83% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 73.8% | 80.9% | Kimi K3 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 88.3% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 91.2% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 95.0% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 73.2% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 52.9% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 37.6% | Coming soon |
| SpreadsheetBench 2 | Coming soon | 34.8% | Coming soon |
| DECK-Bench | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 18% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Kimi K3
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 53.6 (Supported · #36/144)
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 61.4 (Supported · #18/144)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 49.0% | 67.5% | Kimi K3 |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 53.5% | 60.8% | Kimi K3 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.1% | 87.2% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | 93.4% | Kimi K3 |
| FrontierSWE | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | Coming soon | 72.9% | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | Coming soon | 42% | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | Coming soon | 36.6% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 73.7% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 57.3% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 25.9% | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | Coming soon | 32.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 64 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 65.8 (#18/27)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 91.20% | 94.50% | Kimi K3 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | 60.4% | Tie |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 83.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 89.4 (#1/49)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 63.3% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 81.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 84.8% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 97.8% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 23.0% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | Coming soon | 41.0% | Coming soon |
| WorldVQA ForceAnswer | Coming soon | 51.0% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | Coming soon | 58.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Kimi K3
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 63.9 (Supported · #32/171)
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 67.9 (Supported · #18/171)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | 92.9% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.3% | 88.0% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 56% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 43.5% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | Coming soon | 52.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Kimi K3?

Kimi K3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K3?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 45 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 68.1 for Kimi K3.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.6 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.6 Flash currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K3 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K3 currently has 48 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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## Explore More

- [Gemini 3.6 Flash profile](/models/gemini-3-6-flash)
- [Kimi K3 profile](/models/kimi-k3)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)