Noometry

Model comparison

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct vs Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 31.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct IBM

31.1

Rank #266 Confirmed

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.5

Rank #52 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.6 leads 68.7 to 31.2.

Side by side

Granite 3.0 8b InstructKimi K2.6
ProviderIBMMoonshot AI
Noometry Index31.147.5
Released—2026-04-20
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.95
Output $ / M tokens—$4
Results tracked1451

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.1 (#297), Kimi K2.6: 50.5 (#41)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructKimi K2.6
LMArena Coding11131488
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1509
SciCode—53.5%
WeirdML—55.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct29.3%—
BigCodeBench Complete35.4%—
ALE-Bench—1,093

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —, Kimi K2.6: 21.8 (#128)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructKimi 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

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.0 (#227), Kimi K2.6: 39.6 (#51)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructKimi K2.6
LMArena Hard Prompts10921470
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

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 30.3 (#211), Kimi K2.6: 56.8 (#34)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructKimi K2.6
LMArena Math11431475
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

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.1 (#233), Kimi K2.6: 53.9 (#48)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructKimi K2.6
LMArena Expert10871491
GPQA Diamond—90.8%
SimpleQA Verified—34.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —, Kimi K2.6: 31.8 (#95)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructKimi K2.6
LMArena Vision—1282
Blueprint-Bench 2—3.9%
Furniture Assembly—21.7%
LMArena Document—1451

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.4 (#271), Kimi K2.6: 55.1 (#35)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructKimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English10371446
LMArena Chinese10631521
LMArena Russian10601446
LMArena French—1471
LMArena German—1449
LMArena Japanese—1442
LMArena Korean—1428
LMArena Spanish—1463

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.2 (#271), Kimi K2.6: 76.5 (#40)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructKimi K2.6
LMArena Instruction Following10881451

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#247), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#50)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructKimi K2.6
LMArena Longer Query11221468

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.2 (#280), Kimi K2.6: 68.7 (#25)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructKimi K2.6
LMArena Text10961455
LMArena Creative Writing10711434
LMArena Multi-Turn10631453
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1725
EQ-Bench 4—1202

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better than Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 31.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.5 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 8b Instruct and Kimi K2.6 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.

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