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Model comparison

Gemma 2 27B vs Kimi K2.7 Code

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 2 27B costs 2.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.7 Code's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.4

Rank #312 Confirmed

Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.7 Code in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.7 Code leads 52.9 to 10.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.4% for Gemma 2 27B and 95.6% for Kimi K2.7 Code.
  • Gemma 2 27B is cheaper at $0.65 / $0.65 per million input/output tokens, against $0.95 / $4 for Kimi K2.7 Code.
  • Kimi K2.7 Code accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 8K.

Side by side

Gemma 2 27BKimi K2.7 Code
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index29.443.3
Released2024-06-242026-06-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window8K262K
Max output2K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.65$0.95
Output $ / M tokens$0.65$4
Results tracked3419

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BKimi K2.7 Code
DeepSWE—30.5%
FrontierCode—30.1%
LMArena WebDev—1473
SciCode—47.5%
WeirdML—54.1%
BigCodeBench Instruct42.8%—
LiveBench Coding36%—
LMArena Coding1211—
BigCodeBench Complete52.5%—
ALE-Bench—886.23

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 27B: —, Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BKimi K2.7 Code
APEX-Agents—37.6%
GBAEval—0.9%
Vending-Bench 2—5,083

Reasoning Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BKimi K2.7 Code
Epoch Capabilities Index122.08149.97
SimpleBench—57.9%
CritPt—10%
Chess Puzzles—21%
LiveBench Reasoning28.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1198—
DTBench48%—
LiveBench Data Analysis47.9%—
LMCA7.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench—48.8%
LiveBench38.2%—

Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BKimi K2.7 Code
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.4%95.6%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—54%
FrontierMath Tier 4—12.2%
LiveBench Math26.5%—
LMArena Math1212—
MATH Level 527.9%—

Knowledge Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BKimi K2.7 Code
GPQA Diamond36.5%87.9%
SimpleQA Verified—36.5%
Confabulations27.1%—
LMArena Expert1172—
MMLU75.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Non-English1217—
LMArena Chinese1221—
LMArena French1247—
LMArena German1209—
LMArena Japanese1175—
LMArena Korean1174—
LMArena Russian1234—
LMArena Spanish1228—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BKimi K2.7 Code
LiveBench Instruction Following58.1%—
LMArena Instruction Following1206—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Longer Query1231—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Text1231—
LMArena Creative Writing1241—
LMArena Multi-Turn1224—
LiveBench Language32.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 27B better than Kimi K2.7 Code?

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 2 27B costs 2.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.7 Code's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 2 27B or Kimi K2.7 Code?

Gemma 2 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.65 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.7 Code lists at $0.95 and $4.

Is Gemma 2 27B or Kimi K2.7 Code better for coding?

Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.9 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Kimi K2.7 Code does, with 262K tokens against 8K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Kimi K2.7 Code share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.7 Code has 19.

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