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Gemma 3 12B vs Kimi K2.5

How do these models stack up? Below is an expert side-by-side comparison of specifications, context window capacity, live pricing per million tokens, and standardized benchmark scores for Gemma 3 12B and Kimi K2.5.

Google

Gemma 3 12B

Gemma 3 introduces multimodality, supporting vision-language input and text outputs. It handles context windows up to 128k tokens, understands over 140 languages, and offers improved math, reasoning, and chat capabilities,...

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Moonshot AI

Kimi K2.5

Kimi K2.5 is Moonshot AI's native multimodal model, delivering state-of-the-art visual coding capability and a self-directed agent swarm paradigm. Built on Kimi K2 with continued pretraining over approximately 15T mixed...

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Technical Specifications

SpecificationGemma 3 12BKimi K2.5
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Context Window131,072 tokens262,144 tokens
Agent SuitabilityN/AN/A
Time to First Token (TTFT)N/AN/A
Deployment Modelmanaged apimanaged api
Production Stabilitystablestable
API AvailableYesYes
Released Date2025-03-132026-01-27

API Pricing Comparison

Input Price per Million Tokens

Gemma 3 12B

$0.05

Kimi K2.5

$0.38

Output Price per Million Tokens

Gemma 3 12B

$0.15

Kimi K2.5

$2.02

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Benchmark Performance Metrics

Scores show the raw performance percentages verified across key evaluation suites. Higher bars indicate superior accuracy and capability in that domain.

MMLUGeneral knowledge & multi-task understanding
N/Avs8250.0%
Gemma 3 12B
Kimi K2.5
HumanEvalPython coding & logic synthesis
N/Avs8300.0%
Gemma 3 12B
Kimi K2.5
MATHComplex mathematical problem solving
N/Avs5900.0%
Gemma 3 12B
Kimi K2.5
GPQAGraduate-level expert reasoning
N/Avs4100.0%
Gemma 3 12B
Kimi K2.5
HellaSwagCommonsense reasoning and inference
N/Avs8400.0%
Gemma 3 12B
Kimi K2.5
MT-BenchMulti-turn conversation flow quality
N/Avs880.0%
Gemma 3 12B
Kimi K2.5

Gemma 3 12B Quirks & Gotchas

No developer gotchas reported.

Kimi K2.5 Quirks & Gotchas

No developer gotchas reported.