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Kimi K2.6 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro

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Winner summary

Kimi K2.6 wins 13 of 15 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed · arena · knowledge.

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Hype vs Reality
Kimi K2.6
#106 by perf·no signal
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Gemini 2.5 Pro
#100 by perf·no signal
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Best value
2.7x better value than Gemini 2.5 Pro
Kimi K2.6
25.4 pts/$
$2.04/M
Gemini 2.5 Pro
9.4 pts/$
$5.63/M
Vendor risk
moonshotai logo
moonshotai
private · undisclosed
Unknown
Google DeepMind logo
Google DeepMind
$4.00T·Tier 1
Low risk
Head to head
Kimi K2.6Gemini 2.5 Pro
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads by +2.4
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
Kimi K2.6
30.3
Gemini 2.5 Pro
32.7
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Kimi K2.6 leads by +24.1
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
Kimi K2.6
56.0
Gemini 2.5 Pro
31.9
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Kimi K2.6 leads by +15.9
Kimi K2.6
42.8
Gemini 2.5 Pro
27.0
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
Kimi K2.6 leads by +309.2
Kimi K2.6
1513.5
Gemini 2.5 Pro
1204.3
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Kimi K2.6 leads by +14.5
Kimi K2.6
1460.2
Gemini 2.5 Pro
1445.7
Chess Puzzles
Kimi K2.6 leads by +6.0
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
Kimi K2.6
26.0
Gemini 2.5 Pro
20.0
FrontierMath-2025-02-28-Private
Kimi K2.6 leads by +24.8
FrontierMath (Feb 2025) · original research-level math problems created by mathematicians, testing capabilities at the boundary of current AI mathematical reasoning.
Kimi K2.6
39.0
Gemini 2.5 Pro
14.1
FrontierMath-Tier-4-2025-07-01-Private
Kimi K2.6 leads by +10.4
FrontierMath Tier 4 (Jul 2025) · the most challenging tier of frontier mathematics, containing problems that push the absolute limits of AI mathematical reasoning.
Kimi K2.6
14.6
Gemini 2.5 Pro
4.2
FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private
Kimi K2.6 leads by +25.6
Kimi K2.6
25.6
Gemini 2.5 Pro
0.0
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
Kimi K2.6 leads by +32.6
Kimi K2.6
57.2
Gemini 2.5 Pro
24.6
GPQA diamond
Kimi K2.6 leads by +7.3
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
Kimi K2.6
87.7
Gemini 2.5 Pro
80.4
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Kimi K2.6 leads by +11.4
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
Kimi K2.6
96.1
Gemini 2.5 Pro
84.7
SimpleQA Verified
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads by +17.3
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
Kimi K2.6
38.7
Gemini 2.5 Pro
56.0
SWE-Bench verified
Kimi K2.6 leads by +19.1
SWE-bench Verified · 500 human-validated tasks from 12 real Python repositories (Django, Flask, scikit-learn, sympy, and others). Each task requires the model to produce a git patch that resolves a real GitHub issue and passes the test suite. The verified subset eliminates ambiguous tasks from the original SWE-bench. Claude Mythos Preview leads at 93.9%, crossing 90% for the first time in 2026. Opus 4.6 scores 80.8%. The benchmark remains the most-cited evaluation for code-generation capability.
Kimi K2.6
76.7
Gemini 2.5 Pro
57.6
WeirdML
Kimi K2.6 leads by +1.8
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
Kimi K2.6
55.9
Gemini 2.5 Pro
54.0
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Gemini 2.5 Pro
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
30.332.7
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
56.031.9
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
42.827.0
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
1513.51204.3
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
1460.21445.7
Chess Puzzles
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
26.020.0
FrontierMath-2025-02-28-Private
FrontierMath (Feb 2025) · original research-level math problems created by mathematicians, testing capabilities at the boundary of current AI mathematical reasoning.
39.014.1
FrontierMath-Tier-4-2025-07-01-Private
FrontierMath Tier 4 (Jul 2025) · the most challenging tier of frontier mathematics, containing problems that push the absolute limits of AI mathematical reasoning.
14.64.2
FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private
25.60.0
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
57.224.6
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
87.780.4
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
96.184.7
SimpleQA Verified
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
38.756.0
SWE-Bench verified
SWE-bench Verified · 500 human-validated tasks from 12 real Python repositories (Django, Flask, scikit-learn, sympy, and others). Each task requires the model to produce a git patch that resolves a real GitHub issue and passes the test suite. The verified subset eliminates ambiguous tasks from the original SWE-bench. Claude Mythos Preview leads at 93.9%, crossing 90% for the first time in 2026. Opus 4.6 scores 80.8%. The benchmark remains the most-cited evaluation for code-generation capability.
76.757.6
WeirdML
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
55.954.0
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
moonshotai logoKimi K2.6$0.66$3.41262K tokens (~131 books)$13.48
Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.5 Pro$1.25$10.001.0M tokens (~524 books)$34.38