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AI labs compared · October 2026

Google vs Moonshot AI: which AI lab is ahead?

Each lab's best model on sale goes head to head on every kind of work we measure, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. 23 models in all; a lab is only as good as the model you would actually pick from it.

16 models on sale with our resultsGoogle Best: Gemini 3.8 Flash · newest: Gemini 3.8 Flash
7 models on sale with our resultsMoonshot AI Best: Kimi K3 · newest: Kimi K3
Google wins 7Moonshot AI wins 2

Kinds of work led by each lab's best model there, of the 9 both are measured on.

Results as of 8 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-08-4199ce0620fe). Models on sale means listed on OpenRouter today.

Google or Moonshot AI? The short answer

Google is ahead: its best models beat Moonshot AI's in 7 of the 9 kinds of work both are measured on; Moonshot AI leads in 2.

  • Pick Google for product listings, marketing planning, professional work, reasoning and knowledge, writing, sticking to the facts and speed under pressure.
  • Pick Moonshot AI for decks from an analysis and agents and tool use.
  • On our overall leaderboard, Gemini 3.8 Flash is #8 (61 of 100) and Kimi K3 is #10 (50).
  • Prices start at $0.062 per million tokens for Google (Gemma 3 4B) and $1.00 for Moonshot AI (Kimi K2 (0711)).

Head to head

61Gemini 3.8 Flash
Best Spring Prompt overall score
50Kimi K3
40.9Gemini 3.8 Flash
Best Intelligence Index
43.6Kimi K3
$3.00Gemini 3.8 Flash
Flagship price, per million tokens
$6.00Kimi K3
$0.062Gemma 3 4B
Cheapest model, per million tokens
$1.00Kimi K2 (0711)
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Models on sale with our results
7

Each line names the model behind the number. Prices are blended, three input tokens to one output, at the developer's list price where we have read it; see every model's price. Intelligence Index from Artificial Analysis; overall score from our leaderboard.

Which lab is better for what

For each kind of work, each lab's best model there and its rank among every model on sale. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Product listingsTurning a sparse product feed and photos into listings that can go live 8 of 20Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 13 of 20Kimi K3
Decks from an analysisTurning a finished analysis into a deck you could present as it is 12 of 19Gemini 3.8 Flash 8 of 19Kimi K3
User surveysPlanning a user survey and reading its results without being misled 5 of 8Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview not measured
Marketing planningPlanning a year of ad spend without overspending 7 of 19Gemini 3.8 Flash 8 of 19Kimi K3
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 29 of 164Gemini 3.7 Flash 19 of 164Kimi K2 (0711)
Professional workReal tasks from banking, consulting and law, business documents and freelance projects 11 of 51Gemini 3.8 Flash 24 of 51Kimi K3
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 12 of 198Gemini 3.8 Flash 15 of 198Kimi K3
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 2 of 188Gemini 3.8 Flash 11 of 188Kimi K3
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 1 of 152Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 28 of 152Kimi K3
Speed under pressureGood decisions against a real clock (fast chess) 2 of 22Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 19 of 22Kimi K3

Every model, by intelligence and price

Each dot is a model on sale with an Intelligence Index from Artificial Analysis. Up is smarter; left is cheaper. Hover or tap a dot for its name.

GoogleMoonshot AI

01020304050 $0.01$0.1$1$10 Price per million tokens, blended (log scale) Intelligence Index Gemini 3.8 FlashGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemini 3.7 FlashGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.5 FlashKimi K3

On our overall leaderboard

The 4 of their models we rank overall: one score out of 100 across everything we publish (how the score works). Only models with enough of our own results are ranked.

  1. #8Gemini 3.8 Flash61
  2. #10Kimi K350
  3. #10Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview50
  4. #19Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite27

Benchmark by benchmark

The headline result of every benchmark both labs have models on: each lab's best model and its rank among the models on sale. Green marks the better rank.

MeasureGoogleMoonshot AI
Agents and tool use
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4 · Overall accuracy · BFCL% correct, higher is better 56.2%Gemini 2.5 Flash · 8 of 3859.1%Kimi K2 (0711) · 6 of 38
OpenHands Index · Average% resolved, higher is better 62.6%Gemini 3.5 Flash · 7 of 3357.1%Kimi K2.6 · 14 of 33
Artificial Analysis · Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks, higher is better 19.7%Gemini 3.8 Flash · 23 of 10512.6%Kimi K3 · 29 of 105
Artificial Analysis · Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks, higher is better 87.6%Gemini 3.8 Flash · 8 of 11585.0%Kimi K3 · 11 of 115
Artificial Analysis · τ-bench banking% of tasks, higher is better 45.8%Gemini 3.8 Flash · 10 of 11346.0%Kimi K3 · 9 of 113
Vending-Bench 2 · Money after a yearUS dollars, higher is better $5,396Gemini 3.5 Flash · 22 of 56$6,205Kimi K2.6 · 15 of 56
Decks from an analysis
DeckBench · Deck ratingrating, higher is better 894Gemini 3.8 Flash · 12 of 191,229Kimi K3 · 8 of 19
Marketing planning
ROASBench · Overall scorescore out of 100, higher is better 51.4Gemini 3.8 Flash · 7 of 1944.1Kimi K3 · 8 of 19
Product listings
CatalogBench · Reliably publish-ready% of products, higher is better 44.6%Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview · 8 of 2041.1%Kimi K3 · 9 of 20
CatalogBench · Reliably publish-ready · sales brief% of products, higher is better 16.1%Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview · 8 of 201.8%Kimi K3 · 16 of 20
Professional work
APEX-Agents · Tasks passed% of tasks, higher is better 67.8%Gemini 3.7 Flash · 4 of 3750.6%Kimi K3 · 21 of 37
GDP.pdf · Professional document tasks% of rubric, higher is better 23.8%Gemini 3.7 Flash · 11 of 3119.0%Kimi K3 · 17 of 31
Reasoning and knowledge
Artificial Analysis · Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 40.9Gemini 3.8 Flash · 21 of 19843.6Kimi K3 · 16 of 198
Artificial Analysis · Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 47.9%Gemini 3.7 Flash · 12 of 19746.9%Kimi K3 · 16 of 197
Artificial Analysis · GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 95.3%Gemini 3.8 Flash · 2 of 18793.5%Kimi K3 · 10 of 187
Speed under pressure
BulletBench · Ladder Elo · Bullet 60sladder Elo, higher is better 1,068Gemini 3.8 Flash · 1 of 2033Kimi K3 · 17 of 20
Sticking to the facts
Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard · Hallucination rate · Vectara% of summaries, lower is better 3.3%Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite · 2 of 7910.8%Kimi K2.6 · 52 of 79
Arena (formerly LMArena) · Overall · Text factualityArena rating, higher is better 1,477Gemini 3.7 Flash · 12 of 1131,472Kimi K3 · 16 of 113
SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) · Correct answers% of questions, higher is better 73.5%Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview · 3 of 7350.6%Kimi K3 · 23 of 73
Writing
Arena (formerly LMArena) · Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 1,495Gemini 3.8 Flash · 6 of 1661,488Kimi K3 · 11 of 166
UGI Leaderboard · Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 78.6Gemini 3.8 Flash · 1 of 13864.4Kimi K2.6 · 25 of 138

Their models, one against one

Quick answers

Is Google or Moonshot AI better?

Google is ahead: its best models beat Moonshot AI's in 7 of the 9 kinds of work both are measured on; Moonshot AI leads in 2.

What is Google's best model?

Gemini 3.8 Flash: #8 on the Spring Prompt overall leaderboard and 40.9 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

What is Moonshot AI's best model?

Kimi K3: #10 on the Spring Prompt overall leaderboard and 43.6 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Which is better for agents and tool use, Google or Moonshot AI?

Moonshot AI: its best model there, Kimi K2 (0711), ranks 19 of 164 models on sale, against 29 for Google's Gemini 3.7 Flash.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Google or Moonshot AI?

Google: its best model there, Gemini 3.8 Flash, ranks 12 of 198 models on sale, against 15 for Moonshot AI's Kimi K3.

Which is better for writing, Google or Moonshot AI?

Google: its best model there, Gemini 3.8 Flash, ranks 2 of 188 models on sale, against 11 for Moonshot AI's Kimi K3.

Which is cheaper, Google or Moonshot AI?

Google's cheapest model with results, Gemma 3 4B, costs $0.062 per million tokens (three input to one output), against $1.00 for Kimi K2 (0711) from Moonshot AI.

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