Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Kimi K2.6: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Gemini 3.6 Flash is developed by Google, while Kimi K2.6 comes from Moonshot AI. Kimi K2.6 was released in April 2026, and Gemini 3.6 Flash followed 3 months later in July 2026. Kimi K2.6 has a published size of about 1.0 trillion parameters; Google has not disclosed the parameter count of Gemini 3.6 Flash.
The two models share 3 published benchmarks. Gemini 3.6 Flash leads on 3 of them. The widest gaps are on OSWorld-Verified, where Gemini 3.6 Flash scores 83.0% against 73.1%; CharXiv-R, where Gemini 3.6 Flash scores 89.0% against 86.7%. Averaged across everything we track, Gemini 3.6 Flash sits at 68.0% and Kimi K2.6 at 71.2%.
Kimi K2.6 is the cheaper API at $1.20 per million input tokens and $4.50 per million output tokens, about 25% below Gemini 3.6 Flash at $1.50 and $7.50. Gemini 3.6 Flash takes the larger context window at 1M tokens, compared with 262K for Kimi K2.6. Both accept text and images as input.
| Characteristic | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Moonshot AI | |
| Release Date | July 21, 2026 | April 20, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | 1.0T |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 262K |
| Context (output) | 66K | 131K |
| Input Price / 1M | $1.50 | $1.20 |
| Output Price / 1M | $7.50 | $4.50 |
| Average Score | 68.0% | 71.2% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| OSWorld-Verified | 83.0% | 73.1% |
| CharXiv-R | 89.0% | 86.7% |
| SWE-Bench Pro | 58.7% | 58.6% |
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Verdict
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Gemini 3.6 Flash — 0.7, Kimi K2.6 — 0.7.
Kimi K2.6 is 1.6x cheaper: input $1.20/1M vs $1.50/1M tokens.
Gemini 3.6 Flash supports a larger context: 1M vs 262K tokens.
Gemini 3.6 Flash is newer: released 7/21/2026 vs 4/20/2026.
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