Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Kimi K3

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B

Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Kimi K3 Moonshot AI

59.5

Rank #15 Confirmed

Summary

They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K3 in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K3 leads 74.2 to 10.2.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemma 3 1B and 97.2% for Kimi K3.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and Kimi K3 specifications
	Gemma 3 1B	Kimi K3
Provider	Google	Moonshot AI
Noometry Index	21.1	59.5
Released	2025-03-12	2026-07-16
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	1.05M
Max output	—	1.05M
Input $ / M tokens	—	$3
Output $ / M tokens	—	$15
Results tracked	4	53

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Kimi K3
DeepSWE	—	68.5%
FrontierCode	—	44.2%
LMArena WebDev	—	1654
FrontierSWE	—	25.9%
SciCode	—	59.5%
WeirdML	—	82.6%
LMArena Coding	—	1508
ALE-Bench	—	1,524

Agentic & Tool Use Kimi K3 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Kimi K3
APEX-Agents	—	50.6%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	7.2%	—
τ²-bench Banking	—	37.1%
PostTrainBench	—	32%
GBAEval	—	48.3%
GDP.pdf	—	19%
Vending-Bench 2	—	5,165

Reasoning Kimi K3 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Kimi K3: 63.0 (#17)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Kimi K3
Chess Puzzles	0%	39%
ARC-AGI-2	—	60.4%
SimpleBench	—	60.7%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	93.6%
ARC-AGI-1	—	94.5%
CritPt	—	23.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1496
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 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Kimi K3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	1.1%	97.2%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	—	72.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4	—	39%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions	—	87.8%
ProofBench	—	87%
LMArena Math	—	1491

Knowledge Kimi K3 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Kimi K3
GPQA Diamond	19.9%	93.1%
SimpleQA Verified	—	50.6%
LMArena Expert	—	1521

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Kimi K3
Blueprint-Bench 2	—	29.5%
Furniture Assembly	—	34.2%

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Kimi K3
LMArena Non-English	—	1466
LMArena Chinese	—	1529
LMArena French	—	1491
LMArena German	—	1488
LMArena Japanese	—	1487
LMArena Korean	—	1458
LMArena Russian	—	1482
LMArena Spanish	—	1472

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Kimi K3
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1483

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Kimi K3
LMArena Longer Query	—	1494

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Kimi K3
LMArena Text	—	1476
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1454
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	2082
EQ-Bench 4	—	1339
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1488

Frequently asked questions

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