# Gemma 2B vs Kimi K3

> Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2b-vs-kimi-k3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K3 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K3 leads 76.6 to 24.0.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 2B | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 59.5 |
| Rank | 307 | 15 |
| Context | — | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | — | $3 |
| Output $/M | — | $15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)
- Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1508 |
| DeepSWE | — | 68.5% |
| FrontierCode | — | 44.2% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1654 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 25.9% |
| SciCode | — | 59.5% |
| WeirdML | — | 82.6% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,524 |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemma 2B: —
- Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 50.6% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 37.1% |
| PostTrainBench | — | 32% |
| GBAEval | — | 48.3% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 19% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,165 |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)
- Kimi K3: 63.0 (#17)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1496 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | 157.45 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 60.4% |
| SimpleBench | — | 60.7% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 93.6% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 94.5% |
| CritPt | — | 23.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 39% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 26% |
| DTBench | — | 91.2% |
| LMCA | — | 52.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 95% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 61.1 |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239)
- Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1491 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 72.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 39% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 87.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 97.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 87% |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 2B: —
- Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 93.1% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 50.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1521 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemma 2B: —
- Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 29.5% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 34.2% |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294)
- Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1466 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1529 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1482 |
| LMArena French | — | 1491 |
| LMArena German | — | 1488 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1458 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1472 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)
- Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | 1483 |

## Long Context

- Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)
- Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1494 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)
- Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1476 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | 1454 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1488 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 2082 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1339 |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 2B better than Kimi K3?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemma 2B or Kimi K3 better for coding?

Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Kimi K3 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K3 has 53.