Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Kimi K2 Thinking

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Kimi K2 Thinking. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

GoogleGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteOff the frontier
Intelligence
22.20
Total cost
$366
KimiKimi K2 ThinkingNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
22.00
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteKimi K2 ThinkingDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)22.222.0−0.9% Kimi K2 Thinking is 0.9% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$365.63Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)8.50s22.40s+163.5% Kimi K2 Thinking is 163.5% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.30 / $2.50$0.60 / $2.50
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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