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Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Kimi K3

28 results from 6 sources that measured both models. Each row is in the source's own units; there is no overall winner.

Gemini 3.6 Flash
Google · profile
Kimi K3
Moonshot AI · profile
Results compared
28
Shared sources
6
BenchmarkMetricGemini 3.6 FlashKimi K3
BulletBenchmeasured by usCost per gameUS dollars $0.0113$0.0540
BulletBenchmeasured by usGames lost on time% of games 41.7%91.7%
BulletBenchmeasured by usInvalid moves% of moves 0.3%0.0%
BulletBenchmeasured by usLadder Eloladder Elo 62833
BulletBenchmeasured by usMedian move timemilliseconds 1.6 s2.6 s
APEX-AgentsreportedTasks passed% of tasks 46.9%50.6%
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedConfirmed task successIPS effect estimate -0.080.09
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedPraise over complaintIPS effect estimate -0.090.07
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedSteerabilityIPS effect estimate -0.04-0.01
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedTool groundingIPS effect estimate 0.000.00
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4701,472
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedBusiness, management and financeArena rating 1,4721,489
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedCreative writingArena rating 1,4691,458
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedExpert promptsArena rating 1,5001,533
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedInstruction followingArena rating 1,4731,486
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4821,488
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedWriting, literature and languageArena rating 1,4721,475
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score 69.276.2
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score 34.043.6
Artificial AnalysisreportedGPQA Diamond% of questions 92.8%93.5%
Artificial AnalysisreportedHumanity's Last Exam% of questions 40.8%46.9%
Artificial AnalysisreportedLong-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions 80.0%88.7%
Artificial AnalysisreportedSciCode% of problems 53.4%59.5%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks 77.5%85.0%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks 7.1%12.6%
Artificial AnalysisreportedΤ-bench banking% of tasks 29.9%46.0%
GDP.pdfreportedProfessional document tasks% of rubric 14.0%19.0%
SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI)reportedCorrect answers% of questions 66.2%50.6%

Bold green marks the better value on that metric. Where a source reports ranges that overlap, the difference may not be meaningful; see the benchmark page for ranges.