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GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) vs Kimi K2.6
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
Kimi K2.6 wins on 2/2 benchmarks
Kimi K2.6 wins 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · coding.
Category leads
knowledge·Kimi K2.6coding·Kimi K2.6
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
#139 by perf·no signal
Kimi K2.6
#106 by perf·no signal
Best value
GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
1.2x better value than Kimi K2.6
GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
30.5 pts/$
$1.50/M
Kimi K2.6
25.4 pts/$
$2.04/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
moonshotai
private · undisclosed
Head to head
2 benchmarks · 2 models
GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)Kimi K2.6
GPQA diamond
Kimi K2.6 leads by +84.8
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
2.9
Kimi K2.6
87.7
WeirdML
Kimi K2.6 leads by +52.4
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
3.5
Kimi K2.6
55.9
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 2.9 | 87.7 |
WeirdML WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns. | 3.5 | 55.9 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.00 | $2.00 | 4K tokens (~2 books) | $12.50 | |
| $0.66 | $3.41 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $13.48 |