Model comparison
Gemma 2 27B vs Kimi K2.5 Instant
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.5 Instant in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 39.4 to 10.7.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 43.6 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 8K | — |
| Max output | 2K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.65 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.65 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1211 | 1484 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1404 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1198 | 1443 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 28.1% | — |
| DTBench | 48% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 47.9% | — |
| LMCA | 7.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.08 | — |
| LiveBench | 38.2% | — |
Math Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1212 | 1442 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 26.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 27.9% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1172 | 1440 |
| GPQA Diamond | 36.5% | — |
| Confabulations | 27.1% | — |
| MMLU | 75.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: —, Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1254 |
Multilingual Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1217 | 1406 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1221 | 1449 |
| LMArena French | 1247 | 1403 |
| LMArena German | 1209 | 1413 |
| LMArena Korean | 1174 | 1378 |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | 1404 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1228 | 1447 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | — |
Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1206 | 1430 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.1% | — |
Long Context Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 1435 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1231 | 1420 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1241 | 1381 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1224 | 1427 |
| LiveBench Language | 32.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 27B better than Kimi K2.5 Instant?
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 27B or Kimi K2.5 Instant better for coding?
Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.6 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Kimi K2.5 Instant share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18.