Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Pro vs Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Kimi K2.6 leads 40.5 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 65.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro and 90.8% for Kimi K2.6.
  • Kimi K2.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Pro and Kimi K2.6 specifications
Gemini 2.0 ProKimi K2.6
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index39.147.7
Released2025-02-052026-04-20
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.95
Output $ / M tokens—$4
Results tracked1451

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187), Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProKimi K2.6
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
Aider Polyglot35.6%—
LMArena WebDev—1509
SciCode—53.5%
WeirdML—55.9%
LiveBench Coding63.5%—
LMArena Coding—1488
ALE-Bench—1,093

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProKimi K2.6
OSWorld 2.0—4.6%
ExploitBench—18.4%
GBAEval—0.9%
GDP.pdf—12%
Vending-Bench 2—6,205

Reasoning Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198), Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProKimi K2.6
Epoch Capabilities Index135.06151.05
NYT Connections (extended)—87.2%
CritPt—8%
Chess Puzzles—26%
EnigmaEval0.7%—
EBR-Bench—2.4%
LiveBench Reasoning60.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1470
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%
DTBench—90.9%
LiveBench Data Analysis68%—
LMCA—37.3%
LiveBench65.1%—

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100), Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41)

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167), Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProKimi K2.6
GPQA Diamond65.7%90.8%
SimpleQA Verified—34.9%
Confabulations18.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.8%
LMArena Expert—1491

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProKimi K2.6
LMArena Vision—1283
Blueprint-Bench 2—3.9%
Furniture Assembly—21.7%
LMArena Document—1451

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProKimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English—1446
LMArena Chinese—1521
LMArena French—1471
LMArena German—1450
LMArena Japanese—1443
LMArena Korean—1427
LMArena Russian—1446
LMArena Spanish—1464

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59), Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProKimi K2.6
LiveBench Instruction Following83.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1451

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProKimi K2.6
Fiction.LiveBench41.7%—
LMArena Longer Query—1468

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165), Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProKimi K2.6
LMArena Text—1455
LMArena Creative Writing—1434
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1725
EQ-Bench 4—1202
LMArena Multi-Turn—1453
LiveBench Language44.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and Kimi K2.6 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.

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