Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Kimi K2.6: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Gemini 3.7 Flash is developed by Google, while Kimi K2.6 comes from Moonshot AI. Kimi K2.6 was released in April 2026, and Gemini 3.7 Flash followed 4 months later in August 2026. Kimi K2.6 has a published size of about 1.0 trillion parameters; Google has not disclosed the parameter count of Gemini 3.7 Flash.
We have 18 benchmark results for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 28 benchmark results for Kimi K2.6, but they overlap on a single test: CharXiv-R, where Gemini 3.7 Flash scores 88.7% against 86.7%.
Gemini 3.7 Flash is the cheaper API at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens, about 60% below Kimi K2.6 at $1.20 and $4.50. Gemini 3.7 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 3.7 Flash | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Moonshot AI | |
| Release Date | August 13, 2026 | April 20, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | 1.0T |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 262K |
| Context (output) | 66K | 131K |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.75 | $1.20 |
| Output Price / 1M | $3.75 | $4.50 |
| Average Score | 59.8% | 71.2% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| CharXiv-R | 88.7% | 86.7% |
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Verdict
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads in 3 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Gemini 3.7 Flash — 0.6, Kimi K2.6 — 0.7.
Gemini 3.7 Flash is 1.3x cheaper: input $0.75/1M vs $1.20/1M tokens.
Gemini 3.7 Flash supports a larger context: 1M vs 262K tokens.
Gemini 3.7 Flash is newer: released 8/13/2026 vs 4/20/2026.
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