Model comparison

GPT-6 Sol vs Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.2 to 45.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Sol OpenAI

49.2

Rank #46 Confirmed

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo Moonshot AI

45.4

Rank #63 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Sol scores higher in 4 categories and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-6 Sol leads 59.6 to 38.1.
  • Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-6 Sol and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo specifications
GPT-6 SolKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
ProviderOpenAIMoonshot AI
Noometry Index49.245.4
Released2026-09-222025-11-06
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked2221

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 59.6 (#11), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.1 (#166)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena WebDev16921322
LMArena Coding14531454
DeepSWE68.8%—
FrontierCode49.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 33.5 (#49), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
GDP.pdf28%—

Reasoning GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 49.3 (#34), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 31.4 (#72)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Hard Prompts14201428
NYT Connections (extended)90.1%—
Chess Puzzles—20%
EBR-Bench53.3%—

Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

GPT-6 Sol: 35.8 (#135), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 45.5 (#62)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Math14041429
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—83.1%

Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

GPT-6 Sol: 43.0 (#87), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#64)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Expert14491439
GPQA Diamond—84.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 47.6 (#9), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
Furniture Assembly58.3%—

Multilingual Too close to call

GPT-6 Sol: 51.0 (#113), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.6 (#104)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Non-English13891398
LMArena Chinese14161457
LMArena Russian14071390
LMArena Spanish13771407
LMArena French—1425
LMArena German—1390
LMArena Japanese—1356
LMArena Korean—1329

Instruction Following Too close to call

GPT-6 Sol: 74.4 (#97), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.2 (#103)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following14061403

Long Context Too close to call

GPT-6 Sol: 43.2 (#100), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#99)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Longer Query14151415

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 72.3 (#15), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.2 (#99)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Text13961415
LMArena Creative Writing13921373
LMArena Multi-Turn14051414
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2125—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Sol better than Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo?

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.2 to 45.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-6 Sol or Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better for coding?

GPT-6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.6 versus 38.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Sol and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Sol has 22 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21.

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