Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Kimi K3

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

29.3

Rank #313 Confirmed

Kimi K3 Moonshot AI

59.5

Rank #15 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K3 leads 76.6 to 25.1.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Kimi K3 specifications
Gemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K3
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index29.359.5
Released—2026-07-16
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—1.05M
Max output—1.05M
Input $ / M tokens—$3
Output $ / M tokens—$15
Results tracked1653

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K3 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K3
LMArena Coding10341508
DeepSWE—68.5%
FrontierCode—44.2%
LMArena WebDev—1654
FrontierSWE—25.9%
SciCode—59.5%
WeirdML—82.6%
ALE-Bench—1,524
HumanEval+17.7%—
MBPP+23.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K3
APEX-Agents—50.6%
τ²-bench Banking—37.1%
PostTrainBench—32%
GBAEval—48.3%
GDP.pdf—19%
Vending-Bench 2—5,165

Reasoning Kimi K3 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), Kimi K3: 63.0 (#17)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K3
LMArena Hard Prompts10051496
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%
Epoch Capabilities Index—157.45
ForecastBench—61.1

Math Kimi K3 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K3
LMArena Math10471491
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%

Knowledge Kimi K3 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K3
LMArena Expert9701521
GPQA Diamond—93.1%
SimpleQA Verified—50.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K3
Blueprint-Bench 2—29.5%
Furniture Assembly—34.2%

Multilingual Kimi K3 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K3
LMArena Non-English9881466
LMArena Chinese10121529
LMArena German9441488
LMArena Korean8991458
LMArena Russian9901482
LMArena French—1491
LMArena Japanese—1487
LMArena Spanish—1472

Instruction Following Kimi K3 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K3
LMArena Instruction Following9921483

Long Context Kimi K3 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K3
LMArena Longer Query10031494

Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K3
LMArena Text10221476
LMArena Creative Writing9981454
LMArena Multi-Turn9591488
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—2082
EQ-Bench 4—1339

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Kimi K3?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Kimi K3 better for coding?

Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Kimi K3 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K3 has 53.

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