Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Kimi K2 (Jul 2025)
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads 62.5 to 51.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Omni-MATH: 37.4% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and 65.4% for Kimi K2 (Jul 2025).
- Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | |
| Noometry Index | 37.3 | 40.9 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2025-07-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.57 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.30 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 42 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.4 (#181), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 43.1 (#83)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1399 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 63.4% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 59.1% |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 42.8% |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 597.5 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 32.2 (#59)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 35.7% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 59.1% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 59.2% |
Reasoning Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 21.2 (#203), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 22.7 (#173)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | 1384 |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | 60.2 |
| SimpleBench | — | 26.3% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 64.4% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.02 |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.8 (#192), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 40.1 (#81)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | 65.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1309 | 1396 |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 21.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.6 (#185), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 36.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | 81.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | 65.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | 1363 |
| Confabulations | — | 20.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 17.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 30.6 (#103), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | — |
Multilingual Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.2 (#156), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 49.8 (#125)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | 1372 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | 1416 |
| LMArena French | 1346 | 1379 |
| LMArena German | 1306 | 1386 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1302 | 1349 |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | 1324 |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | 1384 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | 1383 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.6 (#158), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 71.3 (#151)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 82.4% | 85% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | 1347 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |
Long Context Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#155), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 41.2 (#140)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1321 | 1353 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 17.6% |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.9 (#172), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 62.5 (#76)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | 1380 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1349 |
| WildBench | 79% | 86.2% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | 1371 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 85.6% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1666 |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Kimi K2 (Jul 2025)?
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) better for coding?
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.1 versus 37.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) share?
23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) has 42.