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Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Kimi K3

Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle
Kimi K3Moonshot AI
Our take

Gemini 3.8 Flash wins 3 of 4 categories and costs less: 4.0× cheaper for everyday text work. Easy pick.

Overall71Best65
Coding6674Best
Writing80Best69
Support78Best73
Value66Best52
Input / 1M$0.75Best$3.00
Output / 1M$3.75Best$15.00
Blended / 1M$1.50Best$6.00
Context window1M1M
Open weightsNoYes
Released2 Sept 202616 Jul 2026

Your monthly bill

50k
Gemini 3.8 Flash$300Cheapest
Kimi K3$1.2k
List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.
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