Model comparison

Kimi K2.6 vs Olmo 3 32b Think

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3 32b Think in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.6 leads 57.0 to 36.5.

Side by side

Kimi K2.6 and Olmo 3 32b Think specifications
Kimi K2.6Olmo 3 32b Think
ProviderMoonshot AIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index47.738.7
Released2026-04-20—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.95—
Output $ / M tokens$4—
Results tracked5114

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding14881319
SWE-bench Verified76.7%—
LMArena WebDev1509—
SciCode53.5%—
WeirdML55.9%—
ALE-Bench1,093—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 3 32b Think
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), Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts14701302
NYT Connections (extended)87.2%—
CritPt8%—
Chess Puzzles26%—
EBR-Bench2.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles18%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA37.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.05—

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41), Olmo 3 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54), Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Expert14911273
GPQA Diamond90.8%—
SimpleQA Verified34.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Vision1283—
Blueprint-Bench 23.9%—
Furniture Assembly21.7%—
LMArena Document1451—

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English14461255
LMArena Chinese15211300
LMArena French14711291
LMArena German14501290
LMArena Russian14461254
LMArena Japanese1443—
LMArena Korean1427—
LMArena Spanish1464—

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following14511275

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query14681296

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text14551300
LMArena Creative Writing14341256
LMArena Multi-Turn14531290
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1725—
EQ-Bench 41202—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.6 better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.6 or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 38.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.6 and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.6 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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