Kimi K3 and GLM-5.3 are better than Gemini 3.8 Flash
Based on artificialanalysis.ai, Kimi K3 and GLM-5.3 are more intelligent than the new Gemini 3.8 Flash[1][2].
Gemini 3.8 Flash comes in eighth place with a score of 59, just after Kimi K3 and GLM-5.3, with scores of 60 for both of them.
Gemini 3.8 Flash was better in terms of Cost per task, with $0.58 spent to finish the task, $0.68 for GLM-5.3, and 0.84 for Kimi K3[3][4].
Because results may change over time, I included screenshots taken at the time of writing this post.
[1] https://artificialanalysis.ai/#intelligence [2] https://imgur.com/a/BMOJBED
[3] https://artificialanalysis.ai/#price-and-cost [4] https://imgur.com/a/55sQRUZ
You're comparing non-flash models to a flash model. They are more expensive, and K3 is a lot slower too.
qwen 3.8 27B is right there with them too (last week anyhow, had the #11 spot)