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Model comparison

Gemma 2B vs Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2B Google

29.6

Rank #307 Confirmed

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.6 leads 68.5 to 24.0.

Side by side

Gemma 2BKimi K2.6
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index29.647.7
Released2024-02-212026-04-20
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.95
Output $ / M tokens—$4
Results tracked2351

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43)

BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2.6
LMArena Coding10101488
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1509
SciCode—53.5%
WeirdML—55.9%
ALE-Bench—1,093
HumanEval+20.7%—
MBPP+34.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137)

BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi 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 2B: 18.8 (#275), Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55)

BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2.6
LMArena Hard Prompts9891470
Epoch Capabilities Index94.2151.05
NYT Connections (extended)—87.2%
CritPt—8%
Chess Puzzles—26%
EBR-Bench—2.4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%
DTBench—90.9%
LMCA—37.3%
BIG-Bench Hard35.2%—
HellaSwag71.4%—
PIQA77.3%—
WinoGrande65.4%—

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2.6
LMArena Math10091475
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—57.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4—25.6%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—72.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—96.1%
ProofBench—16%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—39%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—14.6%
GSM8K17.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54)

BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2.6
GPQA Diamond—90.8%
SimpleQA Verified—34.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.8%
LMArena Expert—1491
ARC (AI2) Challenge42.1%—
BoolQ69.4%—
MMLU42.3%—
TriviaQA53.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103)

BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2.6
LMArena Vision—1283
Blueprint-Bench 2—3.9%
Furniture Assembly—21.7%
LMArena Document—1451

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37)

BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English9581446
LMArena Chinese9861521
LMArena Russian9371446
LMArena French—1471
LMArena German—1450
LMArena Japanese—1443
LMArena Korean—1427
LMArena Spanish—1464

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43)

BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2.6
LMArena Instruction Following9701451

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52)

BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2.6
LMArena Longer Query9811468

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26)

BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2.6
LMArena Text10021455
LMArena Creative Writing9871434
LMArena Multi-Turn9451453
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1725
EQ-Bench 4—1202

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2B better than Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2B or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Kimi K2.6 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.

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