Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs Kimi K2.5

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 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 65.1 to 36.5.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and Kimi K2.5 specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITKimi K2.5
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index33.148.1
Released—2026-01-27
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.45
Output $ / M tokens—$2.25
Results tracked1751

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Coding11121474
SWE-bench Verified—73.8%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—70.8%
LMArena WebDev—1437
SWE-bench Multilingual—67.3%
SciCode—49%
WeirdML—45.6%
ALE-Bench—821.65

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48)

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

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Hard Prompts11131453
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—148.03

Math Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Math11351470
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 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Expert10961466
GPQA Diamond—87.6%
Humanity's Last Exam—24.4%
SimpleQA Verified—34.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—14.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39)

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

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Non-English11211433
LMArena Chinese11321495
LMArena French11571454
LMArena German11141441
LMArena Japanese10831421
LMArena Korean10551410
LMArena Russian11181435
LMArena Spanish11401450

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Instruction Following11181431

Long Context Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Longer Query11301445
Fiction.LiveBench—86.1%
CL-bench—19.3%
CL-bench Life—13.2%

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Text11561445
LMArena Creative Writing11471423
LMArena Multi-Turn11181444
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1579

Frequently asked questions

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

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 has 51.

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