# Gemma 4 12B vs Kimi K2.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 12B and Kimi K2.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-12b-vs-kimi-k2-5
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K2.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 12B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Kimi K2.5 leads overall 55.62 to 46.64.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 26.1 for Gemma 4 12B and 65.7 for Kimi K2.5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME26 in Mathematics, with scores of 77.5% and 95.8%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 12B | Kimi K2.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 46.64 | 55.62 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 45 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.60 / $3.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 47.9 (Estimated · #81/151)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 46 (Estimated · #90/151)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 50.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 60.6% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 52.3% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 54.3% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 77.1% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 14.4% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 27.8% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 29.5% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 59.1% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 72.7% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 45.88% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 14.0% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 8.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #97/183)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 51.5 (Estimated · #64/183)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 72.0% | 85.0% | Kimi K2.5 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 76.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | Coming soon | 70.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 50.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 58.5% | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Kimi K2.5
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 26.1 (#44/48)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 65.7 (#24/48)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 69.1% | 78.5% | Kimi K2.5 |
| MathVision | 79.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 34 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 53.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 61% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #138/181)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 53.1 (Estimated · #70/181)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 78.8% | 87.6% | Kimi K2.5 |
| GPQA-D | 78.8% | 87.6% | Kimi K2.5 |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.2% | 87.1% | Kimi K2.5 |
| HLE w/o tools | 5.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 69.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 30.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 89.8 (#21/120)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 85.6 (#40/120)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 93.9% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 38.2 (#8/12)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 82.3% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 56.0% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 62.4 (#5/7)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 77.5% | 95.8% | Kimi K2.5 |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 96.1% | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | Coming soon | 96.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 95.4% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 81.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 27.900% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 4.200% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemma 4 12B or Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemma 4 12B and Kimi K2.5?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 26.1 for Gemma 4 12B and 65.7 for Kimi K2.5.

### How many benchmarks does Gemma 4 12B cover on BenchLM?

Gemma 4 12B currently has 12 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K2.5 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K2.5 currently has 45 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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