Noometry

Model comparison

Kimi K2.6 vs Nova Premier 1.0

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Nova Premier 1.0 Amazon

38.3

Rank #189 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.6 leads 57.0 to 33.8.
  • Kimi K2.6 is cheaper at $0.95 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
  • Nova Premier 1.0 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
  • Kimi K2.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Kimi K2.6Nova Premier 1.0
ProviderMoonshot AIAmazon
Noometry Index47.738.3
Released2026-04-202025-04-30
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K1M
Max output262K10K
Input $ / M tokens$0.95$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$4$12.50
Results tracked516

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Nova Premier 1.0
SWE-bench Verified76.7%—
LMArena WebDev1509—
SciCode53.5%—
WeirdML55.9%—
LMArena Coding1488—
ALE-Bench1,093—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Nova Premier 1.0
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), Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Nova Premier 1.0
Kagi LLM Benchmark—44.8%
NYT Connections (extended)87.2%—
CritPt8%—
Chess Puzzles26%—
EBR-Bench2.4%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1470—
Mystery Game Puzzles18%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA37.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.05—

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41), Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Nova Premier 1.0
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 425.6%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions72.9%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202596.1%—
ProofBench16%—
Omni-MATH—35%
LMArena Math1475—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Nova Premier 1.0
GPQA Diamond90.8%—
SimpleQA Verified34.9%—
MMLU-Pro—72.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.8%—
GPQA (HELM)—51.8%
LMArena Expert1491—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Nova Premier 1.0
LMArena Vision1283—
Blueprint-Bench 23.9%—
Furniture Assembly21.7%—
LMArena Document1451—

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Nova Premier 1.0
LMArena Non-English1446—
LMArena Chinese1521—
LMArena French1471—
LMArena German1450—
LMArena Japanese1443—
LMArena Korean1427—
LMArena Russian1446—
LMArena Spanish1464—

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Nova Premier 1.0
IFEval—80.3%
LMArena Instruction Following1451—

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Nova Premier 1.0
LMArena Longer Query1468—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Nova Premier 1.0
LMArena Text1455—
LMArena Creative Writing1434—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1725—
WildBench—78.8%
EQ-Bench 41202—
LMArena Multi-Turn1453—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.6 better than Nova Premier 1.0?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.6 or Nova Premier 1.0?

Kimi K2.6 is cheaper. It lists at $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nova Premier 1.0 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.6 and Nova Premier 1.0 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.6 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.

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