Model comparison

Gemma 2B vs Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2B Google

29.1

Rank #305 Confirmed

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo Moonshot AI

45.4

Rank #63 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 60.2 to 24.1.

Side by side

Gemma 2B and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo specifications
Gemma 2BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index29.145.4
Released2024-02-212025-11-06
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2321

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Gemma 2B: 28.9 (#300), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.1 (#166)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Coding10101454
LMArena WebDev—1322
HumanEval+20.7%—
MBPP+34.1%—

Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Gemma 2B: 17.9 (#275), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 31.4 (#72)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Hard Prompts9891428
Chess Puzzles—20%
BIG-Bench Hard35.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index93.57—
HellaSwag71.4%—
PIQA77.3%—
WinoGrande65.4%—

Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Gemma 2B: 27.6 (#237), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 45.5 (#62)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Math10091429
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—83.1%
GSM8K17.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#64)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
GPQA Diamond—84.2%
LMArena Expert—1439
ARC (AI2) Challenge42.1%—
BoolQ69.4%—
MMLU42.3%—
TriviaQA53.2%—

Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Gemma 2B: 23.1 (#289), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.6 (#104)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Non-English9581398
LMArena Chinese9861457
LMArena Russian9371390
LMArena French—1425
LMArena German—1390
LMArena Japanese—1356
LMArena Korean—1329
LMArena Spanish—1407

Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Gemma 2B: 48.8 (#297), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.2 (#103)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following9711403

Long Context Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#286), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#99)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Longer Query9811415

Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Gemma 2B: 24.1 (#303), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.2 (#99)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Text10021415
LMArena Creative Writing9861373
LMArena Multi-Turn9451414

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2B better than Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo?

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2B or Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better for coding?

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 28.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21.

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