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Gemini 3 Flash vs Kimi K2.6

Gemini 3 Flash · Google DeepMind, released 2025-12-17
Kimi K2.6 OPEN WEIGHTS · Moonshot, released 2026-04-20

“Epoch AI, 'AI Benchmarking Hub'. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from 'https://epoch.ai/benchmarks' [online resource].” · epoch.ai/benchmarks · Licensed CC BY 4.0 · data last verified 2026-07-26 · Methodology · Data Sources

Head-to-head

Measured on 8 of 9 tracked benchmarks for both models — Gemini 3 Flash leads on 2, Kimi K2.6 leads on 6.

Benchmark	Gemini 3 Flash	Kimi K2.6	Leads
Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI)	150.6	151.0	Kimi K2.6
SWE-bench Verified	0.754	0.767	Kimi K2.6
GPQA Diamond	0.832	0.908	Kimi K2.6
MATH Level 5	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured on both
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	0.928	0.961	Kimi K2.6
FrontierMath	0.356	0.390	Kimi K2.6
FrontierMath Tier 4	0.042	0.146	Kimi K2.6
SimpleQA Verified	0.674	0.387	Gemini 3 Flash
Chess Puzzles	0.380	0.260	Gemini 3 Flash

Benchmark results measure specific tasks and should not be treated as a universal measure of model quality. A model with no row here for a benchmark has not been measured on it — that is left blank, never estimated.

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