Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Kimi K2.6

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 47.7 on the Noometry Index. Kimi K2.6 costs 2.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 50 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 50 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 2 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 40.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 73.5% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and 34.9% for Kimi K2.6.
  • Kimi K2.6 is cheaper at $0.95 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $12 for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview.
  • Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Kimi K2.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewKimi K2.6
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index56.747.7
Released2026-02-192026-04-20
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K262K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.95
Output $ / M tokens$12$4
Results tracked7151

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewKimi K2.6
SWE-bench Verified75.6%76.7%
LMArena WebDev14471509
SciCode58.9%53.5%
WeirdML72.1%55.9%
LMArena Coding14841488
ALE-Bench1,1611,093
DeepSWE11.7%—
GSO22.6%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewKimi K2.6
ExploitBench26.1%18.4%
GBAEval0.8%0.9%
GDP.pdf17%12%
Vending-Bench 23,7746,205
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
OSWorld 2.0—4.6%
τ²-bench Banking26%—
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewKimi K2.6
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%87.2%
CritPt17.7%8%
Chess Puzzles55%26%
EBR-Bench14.3%2.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851470
Mystery Game Puzzles34%18%
DTBench97.1%90.9%
LMCA53.8%37.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77151.05
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewKimi K2.6
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%57.2%
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%25.6%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%72.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%96.1%
ProofBench26%16%
LMArena Math14851475
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%39%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%14.6%

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewKimi K2.6
GPQA Diamond94.4%90.8%
SimpleQA Verified73.5%34.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%10.8%
LMArena Expert14851491
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—

Multimodal Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewKimi K2.6
LMArena Vision12961283
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%3.9%
Furniture Assembly26.7%21.7%
LMArena Document14441451

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewKimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English14771446
LMArena Chinese15291521
LMArena French14871471
LMArena German14911450
LMArena Japanese14931443
LMArena Korean14551427
LMArena Russian14981446
LMArena Spanish14791464

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewKimi K2.6
LMArena Instruction Following14661451

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewKimi K2.6
LMArena Longer Query14831468
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewKimi K2.6
LMArena Text14811455
LMArena Creative Writing14821434
EQ-Bench Creative Writing14911725
EQ-Bench 411421202
LMArena Multi-Turn14881453

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Kimi K2.6?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 47.7 on the Noometry Index. Kimi K2.6 costs 2.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is cheaper. It lists at $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview lists at $2 and $12.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 42.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Kimi K2.6 share?

50 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.

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