Noometry

Model comparison

Granite 4.2 3b vs Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.2 3b IBM

39.4

Rank #169 Confirmed

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 3b scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.6 leads 68.5 to 47.2.

Side by side

Granite 4.2 3bKimi K2.6
ProviderIBMMoonshot AI
Noometry Index39.447.7
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 3b: 40.0 (#151), Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 3bKimi K2.6
LMArena Coding13611488
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 3b: —, Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 3bKimi 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 3b: 26.0 (#138), Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 3bKimi K2.6
LMArena Hard Prompts13061470
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 Not comparable

Granite 4.2 3b: —, Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 3bKimi 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 3b: 36.3 (#171), Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 3bKimi K2.6
LMArena Expert13151491
GPQA Diamond—90.8%
SimpleQA Verified—34.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Granite 4.2 3b: —, Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 3bKimi K2.6
LMArena Vision—1283
Blueprint-Bench 2—3.9%
Furniture Assembly—21.7%
LMArena Document—1451

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198), Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 3bKimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English12681446
LMArena Chinese12691521
LMArena Russian12491446
LMArena French—1471
LMArena German—1450
LMArena Japanese—1443
LMArena Korean—1427
LMArena Spanish—1464

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200), Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 3bKimi K2.6
LMArena Instruction Following12731451

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 3bKimi K2.6
LMArena Longer Query12911468

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212), Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 3bKimi K2.6
LMArena Text12931455
LMArena Creative Writing12051434
LMArena Multi-Turn12901453
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1725
EQ-Bench 4—1202

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 4.2 3b or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 40.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Kimi K2.6 share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.

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