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Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-07-28.
| Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | moonshotai | |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 83.3 | 79.3 |
| Input Price | $1.50/M | $0.65/M |
| Output Price | $9.00/M | $2.72/M |
| Context Window | 1,048,576 | 262,144 |
| Max Output | 65,536 | 262,144 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | ✓ | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 82.8 | 73.0 |
| ai_index_agentic | 61.8 | 49.9 |
| ai_index_coding | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| eqbench | - | 76.6 |
Who wins by task?
| Task | Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 168 | 169 |
| Code Review | 164 | 165 |
| Code Completion | 119 | 132 |
| Code Refactoring | 162 | 161 |
| Bug Fixing | 176 | 176 |
| Unit Test Generation | 152 | 153 |
| Code Documentation | 141 | 142 |
| Regex Writing | 133 | 136 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 143 | 143 |
| Frontend Component Design | 145 | 146 |
| Data Analysis | 167 | 167 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 153 | 152 |
| JSON Extraction | 138 | 147 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 124 | 134 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 146 | 145 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 146 | 145 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 157 | 158 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 121 | 132 |
| Blog Post Writing | 138 | 140 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →
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