Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

Gemma 4 26B A4B· Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 26B A4B only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you need the larger 256K context window.

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 76 to 64. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)'s sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 74.3 against 44.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MRCRv2, 44.1% to 81%. Gemma 4 26B A4B does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Gemma 4 26B A4B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning).

Operational tradeoffs

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SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context256K128K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.050.8%
BrowseComp60.6%
OSWorld-Verified63.3%
DeepPlanning14.3%
CodingGemma 4 26B A4B wins
LiveCodeBench77.1%85%
HumanEval99%
SWE-bench Verified76.8%
SWE-bench Pro70%
SWE-Rebench57.4%
Multimodal & GroundedKimi K2.5 (Reasoning) wins
MMMU-Pro73.8%78.5%
OfficeQA Pro77%
ReasoningKimi K2.5 (Reasoning) wins
BBH64.8%91%
MRCRv244.1%81%
MuSR86%
LongBench v261%
KnowledgeKimi K2.5 (Reasoning) wins
GPQA82.3%87.6%
MMLU-Pro82.6%87.1%
HLE17.2%27%
HLE w/o tools8.7%
MMLU92%
SuperGPQA88%
FrontierScience80%
SimpleQA54%
Instruction Following
IFEval94%
Multilingual
MGSM96%
MMLU-ProX86%
Mathematics
AIME 202394%
AIME 202496%
AIME 202596.1%
HMMT Feb 202390%
HMMT Feb 202492%
HMMT Feb 202595.4%
BRUMO 202593%
MATH-50092%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) is ahead overall, 76 to 64. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MRCRv2, where the scores are 44.1% and 81%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 67.9 versus 56.1. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

Gemma 4 26B A4B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 77.1 versus 70.4. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 74.3 versus 44.1. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 77.8 versus 73.8. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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