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Kimi K2.6

Moonshot AI · open weights
Frontier rank
#36
of 37 tracked
Frontier score
-50
100 = #1 on every board
Best placing
#38
Overall
Released
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Not in the release tracker yet
Kimi K2.6 against the field

Benchmarks

Frontier scoreAverage placing, 100 = #1 everywhere
  1. #1Gemini 4 Argon100
  2. #2Claude Opus 5.595
  3. #3Claude Fable 5.184
  4. #4Claude Opus 584
  5. #5Claude Opus 4.684
  6. #6Gemini 3.8 Flash71
  7. #7MiMo V2.6 Pro71
  8. #8Claude Fable 563
  9. #36Kimi K2.6-50
OverallArena Elo

Kimi K2.6 isn't on this board yet.

Hard problemsArena Elo
  1. #1Gemini 4 Argon1548
  2. #2Claude Opus 5.51535
  3. #3Claude Opus 4.61527
  4. #4Claude Opus 51526
  5. #5Claude Fable 5.11526
  6. #39Kimi K2.61470
CodingArena Elo

Kimi K2.6 isn't on this board yet.

AgentsAgent score

Kimi K2.6 isn't on this board yet.

Arena leaderboards

Where it places

BoardPlacingScoreVotes
Overall#381455 Elo40,066
Hard problems#391470 Elo26,103
CodingNot on this board
AgentsNot on this board

From blind head-to-head votes on Arena, published Oct 9, 2026. Variants (high, max) count once at their best.

↑ #35 Claude Opus 4.8#37 MiMo V2.6 Flash ↓