Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) vs Kimi K3.1 Pro
Which is better for the money: Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) by Google or Kimi K3.1 Pro by Kimi? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Kimi K3.1 Pro
Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (High): 69.0% more intelligence, 26.2% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 156.1% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 32.6 | 55.1 | +69.0% Kimi K3.1 Pro is 69.0% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $4,222.12 | $3,117.31 | −26.2% Kimi K3.1 Pro is 26.2% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 16.65s | 42.64s | +156.1% Kimi K3.1 Pro is 156.1% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.50 / $9.00 | $2.00 / $10.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech, Video | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
- Kimi K3.1 Pro is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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