Model comparison

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 vs Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.5

Rank #52 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.6 leads 56.8 to 36.2.
  • Kimi K2.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 and Kimi K2.6 specifications
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Kimi K2.6
ProviderAmazonMoonshot AI
Noometry Index41.547.5
Released—2026-04-20
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.95
Output $ / M tokens—$4
Results tracked1751

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 41.0 (#123), Kimi K2.6: 50.5 (#41)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Kimi K2.6
LMArena Coding14131488
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 20: —, Kimi K2.6: 21.8 (#128)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Kimi 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 20: 27.3 (#110), Kimi K2.6: 39.6 (#51)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Kimi K2.6
LMArena Hard Prompts13961470
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 Kimi K2.6 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 36.2 (#121), Kimi K2.6: 56.8 (#34)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Kimi K2.6
LMArena Math14251475
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%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—39%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—14.6%

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 37.8 (#142), Kimi K2.6: 53.9 (#48)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Kimi K2.6
LMArena Expert13851491
GPQA Diamond—90.8%
SimpleQA Verified—34.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: —, Kimi K2.6: 31.8 (#95)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Kimi 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 20: 49.7 (#127), Kimi K2.6: 55.1 (#35)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Kimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English13721446
LMArena Chinese14051521
LMArena French14261471
LMArena German13911449
LMArena Japanese13551442
LMArena Korean13271428
LMArena Russian13711446
LMArena Spanish13811463

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 72.3 (#136), Kimi K2.6: 76.5 (#40)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Kimi K2.6
LMArena Instruction Following13651451

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 41.7 (#128), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#50)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Kimi K2.6
LMArena Longer Query13701468

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 56.9 (#131), Kimi K2.6: 68.7 (#25)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text13941455
LMArena Creative Writing13181434
LMArena Multi-Turn13641453
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1725
EQ-Bench 4—1202

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 better than Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.5 versus 41.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 and Kimi K2.6 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.

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