Model comparison
Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Kimi K2 (Jul 2025)
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads 62.3 to 25.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | |
| Noometry Index | 29.3 | 41.2 |
| Released | — | 2025-07-12 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.57 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.30 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 42 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 42.4 (#102)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1034 | 1399 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 63.4% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 59.1% |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 42.8% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 597.5 |
| HumanEval+ | 17.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 23.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 32.4 (#64)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 35.7% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 59.1% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 59.2% |
Reasoning Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 23.3 (#179)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | 1384 |
| SimpleBench | — | 26.3% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 64.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.01 |
| ForecastBench | — | 60.2 |
Math Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 42.7 (#83)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1047 | 1397 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 65.4% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 21.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 37.3 (#157)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 970 | 1365 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 81.9% |
| Confabulations | — | 20.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 17.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 65.3% |
Multilingual Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 49.6 (#130)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 988 | 1372 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1012 | 1415 |
| LMArena German | 944 | 1387 |
| LMArena Korean | 899 | 1325 |
| LMArena Russian | 990 | 1385 |
| LMArena French | — | 1379 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1349 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1386 |
Instruction Following Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 71.1 (#156)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 992 | 1348 |
| IFEval | — | 85% |
Long Context Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 41.2 (#145)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1003 | 1353 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 17.6% |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 62.3 (#78)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1022 | 1380 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 998 | 1350 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 959 | 1371 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 85.6% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1666 |
| WildBench | — | 86.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Kimi K2 (Jul 2025)?
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) better for coding?
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) has 42.