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Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Kimi K3

Compare Gemini 3.6 Flash (Google) and Kimi K3 (Moonshotai) by price, context, capabilities, and latency.

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Gemini Flash prices rise Jan 1, 2027

Per Google's published pricing page, Gemini Flash input prices double on Jan 1, 2027. The same workload runs an order of magnitude cheaper on DeepSeek and GLM. Source: Google pricing Full price breakdown

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Which should you pick?

  • Price: Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper ($1.50 / 1M tokens input / $7.50 / 1M tokens output) vs Kimi K3 ($2.95 / 1M tokens input / $14.71 / 1M tokens output).

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Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Kimi K3 — full comparison

Compare price, provider, context, capabilities, latency, and source basis.

ModelProviderInputOutputContextCapabilitiesBest forLatencyStatusSource
Gemini 3.6 Flashgoogle/gemini-3.6-flashGoogle$1.50 / 1M tokens$7.50 / 1M tokens1M
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision
image understanding, multimodal chat959-1711msCatalogPlatform curated
Kimi K3moonshotai/kimi-k3Moonshotai$2.95 / 1M tokens$14.71 / 1M tokens1M
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision
image understanding, multimodal chat1658-4158msCatalogPlatform curated

FAQ

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Kimi K3 FAQ

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Kimi K3 cheaper?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper ($1.50 / 1M tokens input / $7.50 / 1M tokens output) vs Kimi K3 ($2.95 / 1M tokens input / $14.71 / 1M tokens output). Actual cost depends on your input/output token mix — estimate it with the pricing calculator.

Which has a larger context window, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Kimi K3?

Both offer the same context window: 1M tokens.

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Kimi K3 for Vision: which should I pick?

Both target Vision. Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash to optimize cost, or Gemini 3.6 Flash for the longer context window. Test both on real prompts before committing production traffic.

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