Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo Moonshot AI

45.8

Rank #70 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 50.9 to 16.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 83.1% for Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo.
  • Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index29.945.8
Released2024-10-032025-11-06
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2121

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Coding12181454
LMArena WebDev—1322

Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Hard Prompts12091428
Chess Puzzles—20%
DTBench50%—

Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%83.1%
LMArena Math12071429

Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
GPQA Diamond33%84.2%
LMArena Expert11851439

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Non-English12151398
LMArena Chinese12311456
LMArena French12341425
LMArena German12061390
LMArena Japanese11501357
LMArena Korean11401330
LMArena Russian12361391
LMArena Spanish12121406

Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following11991403

Long Context Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Longer Query12191415

Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Text12261415
LMArena Creative Writing12181374
LMArena Multi-Turn11851414

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo?

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better for coding?

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21.

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