Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview vs Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview by Google AI against Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct by Moonshot AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 27 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Gemini 2.5 Flash PreviewRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview
Input
$0.15
2.0× cheaper
Output
$0.60
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.30
Output
$0.60
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
41%
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview uses 5.3x more transitions
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
51%Vocabulary63%
15wSentence Length15w
0.70Hedging0.19
4.1Bold5.2
3.3Lists3.2
0.00Emoji0.00
0.09Headings0.38
0.24Transitions0.05
Based on 12 + 14 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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