Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

31.3

Rank #277 Confirmed

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.6 leads 68.5 to 30.4.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Kimi K2.6 specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K2.6
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index31.347.7
Released—2026-04-20
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.95
Output $ / M tokens—$4
Results tracked1951

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.5 (#284), Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Coding10841488
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1509
SciCode—53.5%
WeirdML—55.9%
ALE-Bench—1,093
HumanEval+35.4%—
MBPP+45%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —, Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi 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

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 20.5 (#238), Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Hard Prompts10711470
NYT Connections (extended)—87.2%
CritPt—8%
Chess Puzzles—26%
EBR-Bench—2.4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%
DTBench—90.9%
LMCA—37.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—151.05

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#220), Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41)

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#247), Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Expert10391491
GPQA Diamond—90.8%
SimpleQA Verified—34.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —, Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Vision—1283
Blueprint-Bench 2—3.9%
Furniture Assembly—21.7%
LMArena Document—1451

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.1 (#273), Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English10521446
LMArena Chinese10611521
LMArena French10651471
LMArena German10541450
LMArena Japanese9711443
LMArena Korean9881427
LMArena Russian10461446
LMArena Spanish10491464

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.0 (#283), Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Instruction Following10571451

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.1 (#272), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Longer Query10561468

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.4 (#288), Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Text10941455
LMArena Creative Writing10601434
LMArena Multi-Turn10401453
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1725
EQ-Bench 4—1202

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 31.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Kimi K2.6 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.

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