Model comparison
Gemma 3 27B vs Kimi K2.5 Instant
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.5 Instant in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 42.6 to 22.5.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 43.6 |
| Released | 2025-03-11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | — |
| Results tracked | 43 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1484 |
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1404 |
| SciCode | 21.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), Kimi K2.5 Instant: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | 1443 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 43.8% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 51.5% | — |
| LMCA | 12.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.04 | — |
| LiveBench | 50% | — |
Math Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1442 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1304 | 1440 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
Multimodal Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | 1254 |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
Multilingual Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | 1406 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1346 | 1449 |
| LMArena French | 1368 | 1403 |
| LMArena German | 1362 | 1413 |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | 1378 |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | 1404 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1349 | 1447 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | — |
Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | 1430 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |
Long Context Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | 1435 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1358 | 1420 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | 1381 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1345 | 1427 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 27B better than Kimi K2.5 Instant?
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 3 27B or Kimi K2.5 Instant better for coding?
Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.6 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Kimi K2.5 Instant share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18.