Model comparison

Kimi K2.6 vs Llama 2-70B

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Llama 2-70B Meta

24.4

Rank #349 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-70B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.6 leads 57.0 to 8.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 96.1% for Kimi K2.6 and 0% for Llama 2-70B.

Side by side

Kimi K2.6 and Llama 2-70B specifications
Kimi K2.6Llama 2-70B
ProviderMoonshot AIMeta
Noometry Index47.724.4
Released2026-04-202023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.95—
Output $ / M tokens$4—
Results tracked5135

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43), Llama 2-70B: 31.4 (#286)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Llama 2-70B
LMArena Coding14881079
SWE-bench Verified76.7%—
LMArena WebDev1509—
SciCode53.5%—
WeirdML55.9%—
ALE-Bench1,093—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137), Llama 2-70B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Llama 2-70B
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), Llama 2-70B: 14.4 (#325)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Llama 2-70B
LMArena Hard Prompts14701073
DTBench90.9%41.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.05113.79
NYT Connections (extended)87.2%—
CritPt8%—
Chess Puzzles26%—
EBR-Bench2.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles18%—
LMCA37.3%—
BIG-Bench Hard—64.9%
CommonsenseQA 2.0—50%
ForecastBench—51.4
HellaSwag—85.3%
LAMBADA—78.9%
PIQA—82.8%
WinoGrande—80.2%

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41), Llama 2-70B: 8.1 (#326)

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54), Llama 2-70B: 7.4 (#310)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Llama 2-70B
GPQA Diamond90.8%26.3%
LMArena Expert14911039
SimpleQA Verified34.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.8%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—78.3%
BoolQ—88.6%
MMLU—69.9%
OpenBookQA—60.2%
TriviaQA—87.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103), Llama 2-70B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Llama 2-70B
LMArena Vision1283—
Blueprint-Bench 23.9%—
Furniture Assembly21.7%—
LMArena Document1451—

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37), Llama 2-70B: 27.7 (#274)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Llama 2-70B
LMArena Non-English14461045
LMArena Chinese1521995
LMArena French14711090
LMArena German14501041
LMArena Japanese1443927
LMArena Korean1427964
LMArena Russian14461083
LMArena Spanish14641143

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43), Llama 2-70B: 54.9 (#278)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Llama 2-70B
LMArena Instruction Following14511071

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52), Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#270)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Llama 2-70B
LMArena Longer Query14681062

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26), Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#279)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Llama 2-70B
LMArena Text14551115
LMArena Creative Writing14341075
LMArena Multi-Turn14531088
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1725—
EQ-Bench 41202—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.6 better than Llama 2-70B?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.6 or Llama 2-70B better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.6 and Llama 2-70B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.6 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-70B has 35.

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