Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 45.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo Moonshot AI

45.8

Rank #70 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 32.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 47% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 20% for Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo.
  • Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 Flash and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo specifications
Gemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index59.845.8
Released2026-08-132025-11-06
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4421

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena WebDev15921322
LMArena Coding14971454
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 Thinking Turbo: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
Chess Puzzles47%20%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941428
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
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 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%83.1%
LMArena Math15071429
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
ProofBench58%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
GPQA Diamond94.8%84.2%
LMArena Expert15081439
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Non-English14841398
LMArena Chinese15481456
LMArena French15051425
LMArena German14981390
LMArena Japanese15121357
LMArena Korean14831330
LMArena Russian15161391
LMArena Spanish15031406

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following14831403

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Longer Query14921415

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Text14861415
LMArena Creative Writing14901374
LMArena Multi-Turn14891414
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 45.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21.

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