Model comparison
Command R+ vs Kimi K2.6
Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
CohereSummary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Kimi K2.6 leads 40.5 to 9.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 54.9% for Command R+ and 90.9% for Kimi K2.6.
- Kimi K2.6 is cheaper at $0.95 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- Kimi K2.6 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Kimi K2.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 47.7 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 4K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.95 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $4 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 51 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2.6 leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1488 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1509 |
| SciCode | — | 53.5% |
| WeirdML | — | 55.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,093 |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command R+: —, Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | 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
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1470 |
| DTBench | 54.9% | 90.9% |
| LMCA | 5% | 37.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | 151.05 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 87.2% |
| CritPt | — | 8% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 2.4% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
Math Kimi K2.6 leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1475 |
| 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% |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |
Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | 10.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1491 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 34.9% |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command R+: —, Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1283 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 3.9% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 21.7% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1451 |
Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1446 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1521 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | 1471 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1450 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1443 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1427 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1446 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1464 |
Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1451 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1468 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1455 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1434 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1453 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1725 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1202 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Kimi K2.6?
Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Kimi K2.6?
Kimi K2.6 is cheaper. It lists at $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command R+ or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?
Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Kimi K2.6 does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Kimi K2.6 share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.