Comparing 2 models

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Kimi K3

Facts first, then task-specific rankings. A highlighted cell is better only for that row, not universally.

metric
Model 1Gemini 3.6 Flash
Model 2Kimi K3
Best for
Best Cheap LLM for High Volume (#2)
Best Local LLM for Coding (#3)
Provider
google
moonshotai
Context
1.0MBest
1.0MBest
Input / 1M
$0.75Best
$3
Output / 1M
$3.75Best
$15
Tool use
yesBest
yesBest
Vision
yesBest
yesBest
Reasoning
yesBest
yesBest
Open-weight
yesBest
Released
Jul 9, 2026
Jul 16, 2026