Noometry

Model comparison

Granite 4.1 8b vs Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.1 8b IBM

37.4

Rank #205 Confirmed

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 8b 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 57.0 to 36.4.

Side by side

Granite 4.1 8bKimi K2.6
ProviderIBMMoonshot AI
Noometry Index37.447.7
Released—2026-04-20
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.95
Output $ / M tokens—$4
Results tracked1351

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297), Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bKimi K2.6
LMArena WebDev11921509
LMArena Coding13121488
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
SciCode—53.5%
WeirdML—55.9%
ALE-Bench—1,093

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 4.1 8b: —, Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bKimi 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 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143), Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bKimi K2.6
LMArena Hard Prompts12931470
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—151.05

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166), Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bKimi K2.6
LMArena Math13121475
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 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174), Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bKimi K2.6
LMArena Expert13091491
GPQA Diamond—90.8%
SimpleQA Verified—34.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Granite 4.1 8b: —, Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bKimi K2.6
LMArena Vision—1283
Blueprint-Bench 2—3.9%
Furniture Assembly—21.7%
LMArena Document—1451

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204), Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bKimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English12611446
LMArena Chinese13371521
LMArena Russian12401446
LMArena French—1471
LMArena German—1450
LMArena Japanese—1443
LMArena Korean—1427
LMArena Spanish—1464

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203), Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bKimi K2.6
LMArena Instruction Following12691451

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bKimi K2.6
LMArena Longer Query12751468

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204), Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bKimi K2.6
LMArena Text12901455
LMArena Creative Writing12511434
LMArena Multi-Turn12681453
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1725
EQ-Bench 4—1202

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 4.1 8b or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Kimi K2.6 share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.

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