Gemini 3.0 Pro vs Kimi K2
Google Gemini 3.0 Pro | Moonshot AI Kimi K2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Moonshot AI | |
| Release date | Nov 18 2025 | Jul 11 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 1T |
Context window | — | 128k |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | — | 10% |
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 76.2%Best | 65.8% |
Next.js coding Next.js EvalsVercel's open eval of how well AI coding agents build and migrate real Next.js apps — measured as the share of tasks the agent completes successfully. Higher is better. | 67% | — |
Abstract reasoning ARC-AGI-2Puzzle-style tests of abstract reasoning and pattern-finding — the kind of thing people find easy but AIs often struggle with. Higher is better. | 31.1% | — |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 91.9%Best | 75.1% |
Multimodal MMMUTests the AI on understanding images and text together across many college subjects. Higher is better. | 81% | — |
Community preference Arena Elo (Text)Real people chat with two anonymous AIs side by side and vote for the answer they prefer. Votes become a chess-style Elo rating on arena.ai — it measures which AI people actually like, not test scores. Higher is better. | 1486 | — |
Community preference (code) Arena Elo (Code)Like the text arena, but people vote on which AI writes better code. The votes become a chess-style Elo rating on arena.ai. Higher is better. | 1439 | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Kimi K2 shipped 130 days before Gemini 3.0 Pro | |
Which is better: Gemini 3.0 Pro or Kimi K2?
Gemini 3.0 Pro leads Kimi K2 on 2 of the 2 benchmarks they both report (SWE-Bench Verified, GPQA Diamond). Kimi K2 shipped 130 days before Gemini 3.0 Pro, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Gemini 3.0 Pro is proprietary, while Kimi K2 is open weight.
On SWE-Bench Verified, Gemini 3.0 Pro leads at 76.2% vs Kimi K2 at 65.8%. On GPQA Diamond, Gemini 3.0 Pro leads at 91.9% vs Kimi K2 at 75.1%.
Frequently asked questions
Gemini 3.0 Pro was released by Google on Nov 18 2025.
Kimi K2 was released by Moonshot AI on Jul 11 2025.
Gemini 3.0 Pro leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Gemini 3.0 Pro 76.2% vs Kimi K2 65.8%.
Gemini 3.0 Pro leads on GPQA Diamond — Gemini 3.0 Pro 91.9% vs Kimi K2 75.1%.
Gemini 3.0 Pro is a proprietary model released by Google. Kimi K2 is an open weight model released by Moonshot AI.