Gemma 3 4B vs Kimi K2.7 Code
Kimi K2.7 Code leads Gemma 3 4B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 25.8 to 4.8, and Gemma 3 4B costs 53.3x less per output token ($0.075 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 11 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemma 3 4B or Kimi K2.7 Code: which to pick
Only Kimi K2.7 Code has a coding score, 53.4 on the Vibe Coding Index; Gemma 3 4B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Gemma 3 4B for output tokens 53.3x cheaper ($0.075 vs $4.00 per million).
- Shared results
- 11
- Gemma 3 4B only
- 31
- Kimi K2.7 Code only
- 40
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Kimi K2.7 Code has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Kimi K2.7 Code
Kimi K2.7 Code leads, 25.8 against 4.8.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Kimi K2.7 Code has a AA Agentic Index result, 21.0.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Kimi K2.7 Code has a Design Arena: websites result, 1264.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Kimi K2.7 Code
Kimi K2.7 Code takes 262K tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemma 3 4B
Gemma 3 4B $0.0001, Kimi K2.7 Code $0.0029 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Kimi K2.7 Code has the number, $0.35.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemma 3 4B not benchmarked, Kimi K2.7 Code 53.4 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 88.1 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- OTIS Mock AIME: Gemma 3 4B 7.5% against Kimi K2.7 Code 95.6%, 88.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemma 3 4B $0.075 against Kimi K2.7 Code $4.00 per million output tokens, 53.3x apart.
- Context window
- Gemma 3 4B takes 131K tokens, Kimi K2.7 Code 262K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Gemma 3 4B | Bars | Kimi K2.7 Code | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 2 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 3 | ||
| Math | 0 | 1 | ||
| General | 0 | 2 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 11 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1474 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| AA Coding Index | 2.7 | 60.8 | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 82.0% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 78.2% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.2% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 25.4% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.0% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.0% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 11.2% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 47.8% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 0.8% | 44.7% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 30.1% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 54.1% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 886.2 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1230 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1269 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1475 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1451 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1513 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| SciCode | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 4.8 | 25.8 | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 115.9 | 150.1 | Kimi K2.7 Code |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 21.0 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1176 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1175 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1143 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1137 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1147 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1131 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1201 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1154 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 5.0% | 90.1% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 37.6% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $5,083 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | 19.6% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 29.1% | 89.6% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 5.3% | 35.0% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 23.2% | 87.9% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 57.9% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 14.0% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1253 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1223 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1253 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 25.2% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 12.7 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 12.7% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 7.5% | 95.6% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 54.0% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 12.2% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1239 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1256 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 41.7% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 36.5% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1306 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1342 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1327 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1311 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1264 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1259 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1220 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1227 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1241 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1253 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1176 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1196 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 28.3% | 63.1% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 6.7% | 79.3% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| DTBench | 50.9% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMCA | 2.8% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| Surface Evolver Bench | Not measured | 48.8% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena Text | 1291 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1239 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1270 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1300 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1273 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1281 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1294 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1255 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1273 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1288 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1233 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 4B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemma 3 4B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemma 3 4B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemma 3 4B costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Gemma 3 4B | MoonshotAI Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Moonshot AI | |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | March 13, 2025 | June 12, 2026 |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.045 | $0.95 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.075 | $4.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 53.4 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.35 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemma 3 4B better than Kimi K2.7 Code for coding?
Only Kimi K2.7 Code has a coding score, 53.4 on the Vibe Coding Index; Gemma 3 4B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Gemma 3 4B for output tokens 53.3x cheaper ($0.075 vs $4.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B or Kimi K2.7 Code?
Gemma 3 4B costs $0.045 per million input tokens and $0.075 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.7 Code costs $0.95 and $4.00. Cost per solved task is known for Kimi K2.7 Code only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemma 3 4B or Kimi K2.7 Code?
Kimi K2.7 Code, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemma 3 4B vs Kimi K2.7 Code comparison based on?
11 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemma 3 4B's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Kimi K2.7 Code's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.