Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.6 leads 57.0 to 14.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 96.1% for Kimi K2.6.
  • Kimi K2.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2.6
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index29.947.7
Released2024-10-032026-04-20
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.95
Output $ / M tokens—$4
Results tracked2151

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2.6
LMArena Coding12181488
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1509
SciCode—53.5%
WeirdML—55.9%
ALE-Bench—1,093

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2.6
OSWorld 2.0—4.6%
ExploitBench—18.4%
GBAEval—0.9%
GDP.pdf—12%
Vending-Bench 2—6,205

Reasoning Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2.6
LMArena Hard Prompts12091470
DTBench50%90.9%
NYT Connections (extended)—87.2%
CritPt—8%
Chess Puzzles—26%
EBR-Bench—2.4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%
LMCA—37.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—151.05

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2.6
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%96.1%
LMArena Math12071475
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—57.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4—25.6%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—72.9%
ProofBench—16%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—39%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—14.6%

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2.6
GPQA Diamond33%90.8%
LMArena Expert11851491
SimpleQA Verified—34.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.8%

Multimodal Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2.6
LMArena Vision10441283
Blueprint-Bench 2—3.9%
Furniture Assembly—21.7%
LMArena Document—1451

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English12151446
LMArena Chinese12311521
LMArena French12341471
LMArena German12061450
LMArena Japanese11501443
LMArena Korean11401427
LMArena Russian12361446
LMArena Spanish12121464

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2.6
LMArena Instruction Following11991451

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2.6
LMArena Longer Query12191468

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2.6
LMArena Text12261455
LMArena Creative Writing12181434
LMArena Multi-Turn11851453
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1725
EQ-Bench 4—1202

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Kimi K2.6 share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.

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