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Gemini 3.5 Flash

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Moonshot AI (Kimi)

kimi-k2.6

✍️ Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|📅 Updated: June 2026

Decision Recommendation

⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, kimi-k2.6 is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 3.5% higher on coding benchmarks. However, Gemini 3.5 Flash compensates by delivering 1.5x faster throughput. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, Gemini 3.5 Flash offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of kimi-k2.6 fully justifies the cost.

Model Specs

Gemini 3.5 Flash

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
55.1%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+1.7%)
92.2%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$3.38Input: $1.50 | Output: $9.00
Speed1.5x faster
280 tps
Context WindowLarger
1M tokens
Model Specs

kimi-k2.6

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+3.5%)
58.6%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
90.5%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)2.0x cheaper
$1.71Input: $0.95 | Output: $4.00
Speed
193 tps
Context Window
262.14k tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions

kimi-k2.6 is cheaper than Gemini 3.5 Flash. kimi-k2.6 has a blended cost of $1.71/1M tokens, which is about 2.0x cheaper than Gemini 3.5 Flash at $3.38/1M tokens.

Gemini 3.5 Flash is faster than kimi-k2.6. Gemini 3.5 Flash generates 280 tokens per second (tps) compared to kimi-k2.6 which generates 193 tokens per second.

kimi-k2.6 is better for coding tasks. It scores 58.6% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to Gemini 3.5 Flash which scores 55.1%.

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