Model comparison
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 vs Kimi K2.6
Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 41.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.6 leads 68.7 to 55.0.
- Kimi K2.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Kimi K2.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.4 | 47.5 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.95 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 51 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2.6 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 39.6 (#142), Kimi K2.6: 50.5 (#41)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1371 | 1488 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1509 |
| SciCode | — | 53.5% |
| WeirdML | — | 55.9% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,093 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: —, Kimi K2.6: 21.8 (#128)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 4.6% |
| ExploitBench | — | 18.4% |
| GBAEval | — | 0.9% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 12% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 6,205 |
Reasoning Kimi K2.6 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 26.2 (#122), Kimi K2.6: 39.6 (#51)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1356 | 1470 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 87.2% |
| CritPt | — | 8% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 2.4% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |
| DTBench | — | 90.9% |
| LMCA | — | 37.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 151.03 |
Math Not comparable
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: —, Kimi K2.6: 56.8 (#34)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 57.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 25.6% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 72.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 96.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 16% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1475 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: —, Kimi K2.6: 53.9 (#48)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 34.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.8% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1491 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: —, Kimi K2.6: 31.8 (#95)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1282 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 3.9% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 21.7% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1451 |
Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 47.5 (#145), Kimi K2.6: 55.1 (#35)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1341 | 1446 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1345 | 1521 |
| LMArena French | — | 1471 |
| LMArena German | — | 1449 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1442 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1446 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1463 |
Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 69.7 (#167), Kimi K2.6: 76.5 (#40)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1316 | 1451 |
Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 40.6 (#146), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#50)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1468 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 55.0 (#144), Kimi K2.6: 68.7 (#25)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1365 | 1455 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1307 | 1434 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1354 | 1453 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1725 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1202 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 better than Kimi K2.6?
Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 41.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?
Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.5 versus 39.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 and Kimi K2.6 share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 has 9 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.