Model comparison
GPT-6.1 Sol vs Kimi K2.6
Kimi K2.6 has enough public results to be ranked (#52); GPT-6.1 Sol does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher in 2 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where GPT-6.1 Sol leads 34.3 to 21.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GDP.pdf: 32% for GPT-6.1 Sol and 12% for Kimi K2.6.
- Kimi K2.6 is cheaper at $0.95 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $10 for GPT-6.1 Sol.
- GPT-6.1 Sol accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
- Kimi K2.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GPT-6.1 Sol | Kimi K2.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 42.1 | 47.5 |
| Released | 2026-09-29 | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 128K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $0.95 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $4 |
| Results tracked | 2 | 51 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
GPT-6.1 Sol: 51.4, Kimi K2.6: 50.5 (#41)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| DeepSWE | 75.2% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1509 |
| SciCode | — | 53.5% |
| WeirdML | — | 55.9% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1488 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,093 |
Agentic & Tool Use GPT-6.1 Sol leads
GPT-6.1 Sol: 34.3, Kimi K2.6: 21.8 (#128)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | 32% | 12% |
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 4.6% |
| ExploitBench | — | 18.4% |
| GBAEval | — | 0.9% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 6,205 |
Reasoning Not comparable
GPT-6.1 Sol: —, Kimi K2.6: 39.6 (#51)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 87.2% |
| CritPt | — | 8% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 2.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1470 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |
| DTBench | — | 90.9% |
| LMCA | — | 37.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 151.03 |
Math Not comparable
GPT-6.1 Sol: —, Kimi K2.6: 56.8 (#34)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | 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
GPT-6.1 Sol: —, Kimi K2.6: 53.9 (#48)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 34.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.8% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1491 |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-6.1 Sol: —, Kimi K2.6: 31.8 (#95)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1282 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 3.9% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 21.7% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1451 |
Multilingual Not comparable
GPT-6.1 Sol: —, Kimi K2.6: 55.1 (#35)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1446 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1521 |
| LMArena French | — | 1471 |
| LMArena German | — | 1449 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1442 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1446 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1463 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GPT-6.1 Sol: —, Kimi K2.6: 76.5 (#40)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1451 |
Long Context Not comparable
GPT-6.1 Sol: —, Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#50)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1468 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
GPT-6.1 Sol: —, Kimi K2.6: 68.7 (#25)
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Sol | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1455 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1434 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1725 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1202 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1453 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-6.1 Sol better than Kimi K2.6?
Kimi K2.6 has enough public results to be ranked (#52); GPT-6.1 Sol does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, GPT-6.1 Sol or Kimi K2.6?
Kimi K2.6 is cheaper. It lists at $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens; GPT-6.1 Sol lists at $2 and $10.
Is GPT-6.1 Sol or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (51.4 vs 50.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-6.1 Sol does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do GPT-6.1 Sol and Kimi K2.6 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-6.1 Sol has 2 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.