Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) vs Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) vs Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

GoogleGemini 3.8 Flash (High)Off the frontier
Intelligence
40.90
Total cost
$1623
KimiKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
23.50
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 3.8 Flash (High)Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)40.923.5−42.5% Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) is 42.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,622.73Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)30.91s42.40s+37.2% Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) is 37.2% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.75 / $3.75$0.60 / $3.00
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText, Image, Video
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