# Gemma 4 31B vs Kimi K2.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 31B and Kimi K2.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-31b-vs-kimi-k2-5
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 8
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Kimi K2.5 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Kimi K2.5 has the higher overall point estimate 53.05 to 39.89. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 19.7 for Gemma 4 31B and 40.7 for Kimi K2.5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-Rebench in Coding, with scores of 41.6% and 58.5%.
- Gemma 4 31B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 31B | Kimi K2.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 39.89 | 53.05 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 68 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.60 / $3.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemma 4 31B public-lane score: 19.7 (Estimated · #109/128)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 40.7 (Estimated · #66/128)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 35.26% | 45.88% | Kimi K2.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 50.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 60.6% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 63.3% | 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 |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 14.0% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 8.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemma 4 31B public-lane score: 31.7 (Supported · #89/150)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 38.5 (Estimated · #68/150)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 80.0% | 85.0% | Kimi K2.5 |
| SWE-Rebench | 41.6% | 58.5% | Kimi K2.5 |
| React Native Evals | 75.2% | 77.2% | 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 |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 32% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 50.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemma 4 31B public-lane score: 66.6 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 72.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 66.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 61% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemma 4 31B public-lane score: 74.3 (#26/54)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 70.4 (#32/54)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 76.9% | 78.5% | Kimi K2.5 |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 81.0% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 88.8% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | Coming soon | 83.2% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |
| We-Math | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| DynaMath | Coming soon | 84.4% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 71.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLongBench-Doc | Coming soon | 58.5% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 79.7% | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | Coming soon | 90.8% | Coming soon |
| CountBench | Coming soon | 94.1% | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 85.0% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemma 4 31B public-lane score: 40.9 (Supported · #114/184)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 51.4 (Estimated · #75/184)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 84.3% | 87.6% | Kimi K2.5 |
| MMLU-Pro | 85.2% | 87.1% | Kimi K2.5 |
| HLE | 26.5% | 30.1% | Kimi K2.5 |
| HLE w/o tools | 19.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.6% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 69.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 94% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemma 4 31B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 87.3 (#8/17)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 82.3% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 56.0% | Coming soon |
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |
| PolyMath | Coming soon | 43.1% | Coming soon |
| MAXIFE | Coming soon | 72.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemma 4 31B public-lane score: 92.9 (#15/148)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 85.8 (#48/148)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 93.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemma 4 31B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 83.3 (Unranked · 7 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 96.1% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.8% | 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 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemma 4 31B or Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemma 4 31B and Kimi K2.5?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 19.7 for Gemma 4 31B and 40.7 for Kimi K2.5.

### How many benchmarks does Gemma 4 31B cover on BenchLM?

Gemma 4 31B currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

Kimi K2.5 currently has 68 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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