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Gemma 4 E2B vs Kimi K2 Instruct

22 SHARED BENCHMARKS

Across 22 shared benchmarks, Gemma 4 E2B scores higher on 2 and Kimi K2 Instruct on 19, with 1 level. The widest gap is Terminal-Bench Hard, where Kimi K2 Instruct scores 23.5 against 3.

GOOGLEVSMOONSHOT22 SHARED2–19 HEAD-TO-HEAD

BenchmarkGemma 4 E2BMARGINKimi K2 Instruct

AA Agentic Index7.437.7

AA Intelligence1024

AA-LCR1753.7

AA-Omniscience-23.6-26.6

AIME25 no tools26.351

Artificial Analysis Coding Index8.325.9

GPQA Diamond43.477

HLE4.87.9

ifeval82.989.8

LiveCodeBench v64456.1

LiveCodeBenchV6 no tools54.956.1

OmniScience Accuracy8.225.4

OmniScience Non-Hallucination67.630.3

Tau2 retail18.970.6

Terminal-Bench Hard323.5

τ²-Bench24.573

τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)22.273.4

Best tracked score per model per benchmark (default configuration; source-attributed). ↓ marks lower-is-better metrics. Open either model for its full surface, provenance and pricing.

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