# Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Kimi K2.7 Code

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.8 Flash and Kimi K2.7 Code across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-8-flash-vs-kimi-k2-7-code
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.8 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2.7 Code only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.8 Flash leads overall 69.25 to 49.52.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 65.9 for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 38.5 for Kimi K2.7 Code.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is CursorBench 3.2 in Coding, with scores of 69.2% and 49.7%.
- Gemini 3.8 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Gemini 3.8 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 69.25 | 49.52 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.75 / $3.75 | $0.95 / $4.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 65.9 (Supported · #16/128)
- Kimi K2.7 Code public-lane score: 38.5 (Supported · #69/128)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Kimi K2.7 Code | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Finance Agent v2 | 61.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 89.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 19.10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 59.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 81.3% | 67.0% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| ApprenticeBench | 24% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Index | 38.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Bench | 62.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Claw 24/7 | Coming soon | 46.9% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 76% | Coming soon |
| MCP Mark Verified | Coming soon | 81.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #17/150)
- Kimi K2.7 Code public-lane score: 41.8 (Supported · #62/150)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Kimi K2.7 Code | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 73.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 89.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 69.2% | 49.7% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 89.5% | 82.1% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 80.0% | 78.2% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 19.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 39.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | 18.0 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | Coming soon | 62.0% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 53.6% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 35.1% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 52.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 74.3 (#17/28)
- Kimi K2.7 Code public-lane score: 80.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Kimi K2.7 Code | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 98.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 10.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 87.3 (#9/54)
- Kimi K2.7 Code public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Kimi K2.7 Code | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv w/o tools | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LVBench | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 73.5 (Supported · #13/184)
- Kimi K2.7 Code public-lane score: 54.3 (Estimated · #64/184)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Kimi K2.7 Code | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE-Verified | 54.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-solvable) | 88.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-difficult) | 56.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 94.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.7 Code public-lane score: 76.6 (#63/148)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Kimi K2.7 Code | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 5.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 69.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Kimi K2.7 Code public-lane score: 58.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Kimi K2.7 Code | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 68.421% | 54.035% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 21.951% | 12.195% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Kimi K2.7 Code?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.8 Flash and Kimi K2.7 Code?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 65.9 for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 38.5 for Kimi K2.7 Code.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.8 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.8 Flash currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K2.7 Code cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K2.7 Code currently has 13 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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