Model comparison

Gemma 3n E4b IT vs Kimi K2.5

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3n E4b IT Google

37.3

Rank #206 Confirmed

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3n E4b 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 knowledge, where Kimi K2.5 leads 53.6 to 34.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 31.5% for Gemma 3n E4b IT and 78.5% for Kimi K2.5.

Side by side

Gemma 3n E4b IT and Kimi K2.5 specifications
Gemma 3n E4b ITKimi K2.5
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index37.348.1
Released—2026-01-27
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.45
Output $ / M tokens—$2.25
Results tracked1851

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Coding12681474
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 3n E4b IT: —, Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITKimi K2.5
Terminal-Bench—43.2%
OSWorld—63.3%
Vending-Bench 2—1,198

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITKimi K2.5
Kagi LLM Benchmark31.5%78.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts12841453
ARC-AGI-2—11.8%
SimpleBench—46.8%
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 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Math12511470
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 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Expert12461466
GPQA Diamond—87.6%
Humanity's Last Exam—24.4%
SimpleQA Verified—34.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—14.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: —, Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Vision—1269
LMArena Document—1430

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Non-English12851433
LMArena Chinese13091495
LMArena French13301454
LMArena German13111441
LMArena Japanese12721421
LMArena Korean12591410
LMArena Russian12881435
LMArena Spanish13051450

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Instruction Following12551431

Long Context Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Longer Query12761445
Fiction.LiveBench—86.1%
CL-bench—19.3%
CL-bench Life—13.2%

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITKimi K2.5
LMArena Text13061445
LMArena Creative Writing12871423
LMArena Multi-Turn12761444
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1579

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT or Kimi K2.5 better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and Kimi K2.5 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 has 51.

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