# Gemini 3 Pro vs Kimi K2.6

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3 Pro and Kimi K2.6 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-pro-vs-kimi-2-6
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Gemini 3 Pro leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Gemini 3 Pro has the higher overall point estimate 59.42 to 58.74. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 55.7 for Gemini 3 Pro and 72.2 for Kimi K2.6.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Vibe Code Bench in Coding, with scores of 14.30% and 37.89%.
- Kimi K2.6 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Gemini 3 Pro also has the larger context window at 2M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3 Pro | Kimi K2.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 2M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 59.42 | 58.74 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 29 | 37 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $12.00 | $0.95 / $4.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.7 (Supported · #57/123)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 63.23% | 56.82% | Gemini 3 Pro |
| JobBench | 11.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| 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: Directional only
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 42.9 (Estimated · #55/146)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.9 (Supported · #54/146)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 14.30% | 37.89% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| cursorBench31 | Coming soon | 47.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 76.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 50.2 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 31.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 75.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Gemini 3 Pro
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 80 (#18/54)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 73.8 (#27/54)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 87.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 81% | 79.4% | Gemini 3 Pro |
| RealWorldQA | 83.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 88.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 86.6% | 87.4% | Kimi K2.6 |
| We-Math | 86.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DynaMath | 85.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 73.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLongBench-Doc | 60.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | 79.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | 94.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CountBench | 97.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | 84.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ODINW13 | 46.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 70.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | 83.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 81.4% | 80.4% | Gemini 3 Pro |
| V* | 88.0% | 96.9% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | Coming soon | 80.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 60.2 (Estimated · #44/177)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 59.8 (Supported · #45/177)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 90.5% | 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 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 86.1 (#43/127)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 55.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 72.2 (#1/7)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 37.600% | 38.966% | Kimi K2.6 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 18.750% | 14.580% | Gemini 3 Pro |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 96.4% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3 Pro or Kimi K2.6?

Gemini 3 Pro has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3 Pro and Kimi K2.6?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 55.7 for Gemini 3 Pro and 72.2 for Kimi K2.6.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3 Pro cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3 Pro currently has 29 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K2.6 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K2.6 currently has 37 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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