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Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Kimi K2.5 Instant

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 43.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Kimi K2.5 Instant Moonshot AI

43.6

Rank #89 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Kimi K2.5 Instant in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 29.7.
  • Kimi K2.5 Instant has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index59.843.6
Released2026-08-13—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4418

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena WebDev15921404
LMArena Coding14971484
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Kimi K2.5 Instant: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Hard Prompts14941443
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Math15071442
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench58%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Expert15081440
GPQA Diamond94.8%—
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—

Multimodal Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Vision13161254
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Non-English14841406
LMArena Chinese15481449
LMArena French15051403
LMArena German14981413
LMArena Korean14831378
LMArena Russian15161404
LMArena Spanish15031447
LMArena Japanese1512—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Instruction Following14831430

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Longer Query14921435

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Text14861420
LMArena Creative Writing14901381
LMArena Multi-Turn14891427
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Kimi K2.5 Instant?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 43.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Kimi K2.5 Instant better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 42.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Kimi K2.5 Instant share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18.

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