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.
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 | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 45.4 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2025-11-06 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 23 | 21 |
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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)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1454 |
| 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)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1428 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 93.57 | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Gemma 2B: 27.6 (#237), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 45.5 (#62)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1429 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 83.1% |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#64)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1439 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Gemma 2B: 23.1 (#289), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.6 (#104)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1398 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1457 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1390 |
| 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)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 971 | 1403 |
Long Context Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#286), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#99)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1415 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Gemma 2B: 24.1 (#303), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.2 (#99)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1415 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 986 | 1373 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1414 |
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.