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Gemini 3 Pro Preview vs Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemini 3 Pro Preview wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode

Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)
Benchmark Advantage
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Context Window
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Speed
Gemini 3 Pro Preview

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemini 3 Pro PreviewKimi K2 0905 (exacto)Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.00$0.39 Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)
Output (per 1M tokens)$12.00$1.90 Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)
Cache Read (per 1M)$200000.00N/A Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Cache Write (per 1M)$375000.00N/A Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) is 83% cheaper overall.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Providers

Google AI Studio $2.00 (Cheapest)
Google $2.00 (Cheapest)

Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) Providers

Chutes $0.39 (Cheapest)
SiliconFlow $0.40
DeepInfra $0.40
Parasail $0.59
AtlasCloud $0.60

Benchmark Comparison

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Gemini 3 Pro Preview Wins
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Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 3 Pro PreviewKimi K2 0905 (exacto)Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
48.430.8
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
46.525.9
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
95.757.3
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
89.881.9
GPQA
Graduate-level science
90.876.7
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
91.761.0
Gemini 3 Pro Preview significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Gemini 3 Pro Preview
1,048,576
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)
262,144
tokens
Max output: 262,144 tokens
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 75% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemini 3 Pro PreviewKimi K2 0905 (exacto)Winner
Tokens/second124.2 tok/s51.7 tok/s
Time to First Token31.66s0.54s
Gemini 3 Pro Preview responds 140% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 3 Pro PreviewKimi K2 0905 (exacto)
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 3 Pro PreviewKimi K2 0905 (exacto)
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorGoogleMoonshotai
ReleasedNov 2025Sep 2025

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) has cheaper input pricing at $0.39/M tokens. Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) has cheaper output pricing at $1.90/M tokens.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 46.5, compared to Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)'s score of 25.9.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 1,048,576 token context window, while Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) has a 262,144 token context window.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview supports vision. Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) does not support vision.