Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Compare Gemini 3.6 Flash by Google AI against Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct by Moonshot AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 34 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is 13x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Input
$1.50
Output
$7.50
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.30
5.0× cheaper
Output
$0.60
13× cheaper
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 5.0× input, 13× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
73%
Gemini 3.6 Flash uses 4.2x more emoji
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
60%Vocabulary63%
19wSentence Length15w
0.13Hedging0.19
5.4Bold5.2
2.7Lists3.2
0.04Emoji0.00
0.99Headings0.38
0.07Transitions0.05
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Research
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