Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Kimi K2.5

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

28.8

Rank #313 Confirmed

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

47.8

Rank #50 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.5 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.5 leads 65.3 to 25.3.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Kimi K2.5 specifications
Gemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.5
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index28.847.8
Released—2026-01-27
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.45
Output $ / M tokens—$2.25
Results tracked1651

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 29.6 (#294), Kimi K2.5: 48.7 (#48)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Coding10341474
SWE-bench Verified—73.8%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—70.8%
LMArena WebDev—1436
SWE-bench Multilingual—67.3%
SciCode—49%
WeirdML—45.6%
ALE-Bench—821.65
HumanEval+17.7%—
MBPP+23.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, Kimi K2.5: 34.0 (#44)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.5
Terminal-Bench—43.2%
OSWorld—63.3%
Vending-Bench 2—1,198

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 18.2 (#268), Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#74)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Hard Prompts10051454
ARC-AGI-2—11.8%
SimpleBench—46.8%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—78.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—69.9%
ARC-AGI-1—65.3%
CritPt—3.1%
Chess Puzzles—12%
EnigmaEval—3.4%
Thematic Generalization—69.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index—148.05

Math Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 28.3 (#230), Kimi K2.5: 50.3 (#46)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Math10471470
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—62.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—92.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—27.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—4.2%

Knowledge Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.0 (#255), Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#52)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Expert9701466
GPQA Diamond—87.6%
Humanity's Last Exam—24.4%
SimpleQA Verified—34.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—14.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, Kimi K2.5: 40.4 (#37)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Vision—1269
LMArena Document—1430

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.7 (#284), Kimi K2.5: 54.1 (#50)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Non-English9881433
LMArena Chinese10111495
LMArena German9441441
LMArena Korean8991412
LMArena Russian9901436
LMArena French—1454
LMArena Japanese—1422
LMArena Spanish—1450

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 50.1 (#294), Kimi K2.5: 75.5 (#60)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Instruction Following9921431

Long Context Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.5 (#281), Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Longer Query10031445
Fiction.LiveBench—86.1%
CL-bench—19.3%
CL-bench Life—13.2%

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.3 (#301), Kimi K2.5: 65.3 (#51)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Text10221445
LMArena Creative Writing9981423
LMArena Multi-Turn9581444
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1579

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Kimi K2.5 better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Kimi K2.5 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 has 51.

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