Across 28 shared benchmarks, Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on 14 and Kimi K3 on 14. The widest gap is AA-Omniscience, where Gemini 3.8 Flash scores 29.6 against 19.7. Gemini 3.8 Flash is the cheaper of the two on tracked API pricing ($0.75 against $3.00 per million input tokens).
Best tracked score per model per benchmark (default configuration; source-attributed). ↓ marks lower-is-better metrics. Open either model for its full surface, provenance and pricing. Quoted rates are the price-setter row we currently track for each model — its direct or vendor-official listing where one exists (direct, direct), otherwise the lowest tracked offer.