Noometry

Model comparison

Granite 4.2 30b vs Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 41.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.2 30b IBM

41.4

Rank #126 Confirmed

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.5

Rank #52 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 30b scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2.6 leads 53.9 to 38.5.

Side by side

Granite 4.2 30bKimi K2.6
ProviderIBMMoonshot AI
Noometry Index41.447.5
Released—2026-04-20
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.95
Output $ / M tokens—$4
Results tracked1151

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 4.2 30b: 40.4 (#127), Kimi K2.6: 50.5 (#41)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bKimi K2.6
LMArena Coding13941488
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1509
SciCode—53.5%
WeirdML—55.9%
ALE-Bench—1,093

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: —, Kimi K2.6: 21.8 (#128)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bKimi 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 4.2 30b: 26.7 (#114), Kimi K2.6: 39.6 (#51)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bKimi K2.6
LMArena Hard Prompts13751470
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 Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: —, Kimi K2.6: 56.8 (#34)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bKimi 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 Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 4.2 30b: 38.5 (#134), Kimi K2.6: 53.9 (#48)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bKimi K2.6
LMArena Expert14051491
GPQA Diamond—90.8%
SimpleQA Verified—34.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: —, Kimi K2.6: 31.8 (#95)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bKimi K2.6
LMArena Vision—1282
Blueprint-Bench 2—3.9%
Furniture Assembly—21.7%
LMArena Document—1451

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 4.2 30b: 47.4 (#146), Kimi K2.6: 55.1 (#35)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bKimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English13401446
LMArena Chinese14151521
LMArena Russian13421446
LMArena French—1471
LMArena German—1449
LMArena Japanese—1442
LMArena Korean—1428
LMArena Spanish—1463

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 4.2 30b: 71.3 (#150), Kimi K2.6: 76.5 (#40)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bKimi K2.6
LMArena Instruction Following13461451

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#135), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#50)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bKimi K2.6
LMArena Longer Query13591468

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 4.2 30b: 54.3 (#147), Kimi K2.6: 68.7 (#25)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bKimi K2.6
LMArena Text13631455
LMArena Creative Writing12941434
LMArena Multi-Turn13401453
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1725
EQ-Bench 4—1202

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.2 30b better than Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 41.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 4.2 30b or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.5 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 30b and Kimi K2.6 share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 30b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.

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