Model comparison

Kimi K2.6 vs Laguna M.1

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

32.5

Rank #256 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.6 scores higher in 3 categories and Laguna M.1 in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.6 leads 57.0 to 21.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 16% for Kimi K2.6 and 0% for Laguna M.1.

Side by side

Kimi K2.6 and Laguna M.1 specifications
Kimi K2.6Laguna M.1
ProviderMoonshot AIPoolside
Noometry Index47.732.5
Released2026-04-202026-04-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K262K
Max output262K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.95—
Output $ / M tokens$4—
Results tracked513

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43), Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Laguna M.1
LMArena WebDev15091349
SWE-bench Verified76.7%—
SciCode53.5%—
WeirdML55.9%—
LMArena Coding1488—
ALE-Bench1,093—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137), Laguna M.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Laguna M.1
OSWorld 2.04.6%—
ExploitBench18.4%—
GBAEval0.9%—
GDP.pdf12%—
Vending-Bench 26,205—

Reasoning Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55), Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Laguna M.1
NYT Connections (extended)87.2%—
CritPt8%—
Chess Puzzles26%—
EBR-Bench2.4%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1470—
Mystery Game Puzzles18%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA37.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.05—

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41), Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283)

Knowledge Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54), Laguna M.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Laguna M.1
GPQA Diamond90.8%—
SimpleQA Verified34.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.8%—
LMArena Expert1491—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103), Laguna M.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Laguna M.1
LMArena Vision1283—
Blueprint-Bench 23.9%—
Furniture Assembly21.7%—
LMArena Document1451—

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37), Laguna M.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Laguna M.1
LMArena Non-English1446—
LMArena Chinese1521—
LMArena French1471—
LMArena German1450—
LMArena Japanese1443—
LMArena Korean1427—
LMArena Russian1446—
LMArena Spanish1464—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43), Laguna M.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Laguna M.1
LMArena Instruction Following1451—

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52), Laguna M.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Laguna M.1
LMArena Longer Query1468—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26), Laguna M.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Laguna M.1
LMArena Text1455—
LMArena Creative Writing1434—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1725—
EQ-Bench 41202—
LMArena Multi-Turn1453—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.6 better than Laguna M.1?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.6 or Laguna M.1 better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.6 and Laguna M.1 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.6 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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