Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Kimi K3

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

31.3

Rank #277 Confirmed

Kimi K3 Moonshot AI

59.5

Rank #15 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b 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 30.4.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Kimi K3 specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K3
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index31.359.5
Released—2026-07-16
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—1.05M
Max output—1.05M
Input $ / M tokens—$3
Output $ / M tokens—$15
Results tracked1953

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K3 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.5 (#284), Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K3
LMArena Coding10841508
DeepSWE—68.5%
FrontierCode—44.2%
LMArena WebDev—1654
FrontierSWE—25.9%
SciCode—59.5%
WeirdML—82.6%
ALE-Bench—1,524
HumanEval+35.4%—
MBPP+45%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —, Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b 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 7b IT: 20.5 (#238), Kimi K3: 63.0 (#17)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K3
LMArena Hard Prompts10711496
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 7b IT: 32.0 (#220), Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K3
LMArena Math11071491
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 7b IT: 28.3 (#247), Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K3
LMArena Expert10391521
GPQA Diamond—93.1%
SimpleQA Verified—50.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —, Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K3
Blueprint-Bench 2—29.5%
Furniture Assembly—34.2%

Multilingual Kimi K3 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.1 (#273), Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K3
LMArena Non-English10521466
LMArena Chinese10611529
LMArena French10651491
LMArena German10541488
LMArena Japanese9711487
LMArena Korean9881458
LMArena Russian10461482
LMArena Spanish10491472

Instruction Following Kimi K3 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.0 (#283), Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K3
LMArena Instruction Following10571483

Long Context Kimi K3 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.1 (#272), Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K3
LMArena Longer Query10561494

Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.4 (#288), Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITKimi K3
LMArena Text10941476
LMArena Creative Writing10601454
LMArena Multi-Turn10401488
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—2082
EQ-Bench 4—1339

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Kimi K3?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or Kimi K3 better for coding?

Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 31.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Kimi K3 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K3 has 53.

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