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Gemini 3 Pro Preview vs Kimi K2 Thinking

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

Kimi K2 Thinking wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Kimi K2 Thinking
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 ThinkingWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.00$0.47 Kimi K2 Thinking
Output (per 1M tokens)$12.00$2.00 Kimi K2 Thinking
Cache Read (per 1M)$200000.00$141000.00 Kimi K2 Thinking
Cache Write (per 1M)$375000.00N/A Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Kimi K2 Thinking is 81% cheaper overall.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Providers

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

Kimi K2 Thinking Providers

DeepInfra $0.47 (Cheapest)
Parasail $0.50
SiliconFlow $0.55
AtlasCloud $0.60
Nebius $0.60

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview Wins
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Kimi K2 Thinking Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 3 Pro PreviewKimi K2 ThinkingWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
48.440.7
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
46.534.8
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
95.794.7
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
89.884.8
GPQA
Graduate-level science
90.883.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
91.785.3
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 Thinking
131,072
tokens
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 88% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemini 3 Pro PreviewKimi K2 ThinkingWinner
Tokens/second139.5 tok/s77.8 tok/s
Time to First Token28.64s0.68s
Gemini 3 Pro Preview responds 79% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 3 Pro PreviewKimi K2 Thinking
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 Thinking
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorGoogleMoonshotai
ReleasedNov 2025Nov 2025

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

Kimi K2 Thinking Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Kimi K2 Thinking has cheaper input pricing at $0.47/M tokens. Kimi K2 Thinking has cheaper output pricing at $2.00/M tokens.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 46.5, compared to Kimi K2 Thinking's score of 34.8.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 1,048,576 token context window, while Kimi K2 Thinking has a 131,072 token context window.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview supports vision. Kimi K2 Thinking does not support vision.