Model comparison

Kimi K2.6 vs Olmo 7b Instruct

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.6 scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.6 leads 68.5 to 25.8.

Side by side

Kimi K2.6 and Olmo 7b Instruct specifications
Kimi K2.6Olmo 7b Instruct
ProviderMoonshot AIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index47.730.3
Released2026-04-20—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.95—
Output $ / M tokens$4—
Results tracked5110

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding14881016
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 7b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 7b Instruct
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 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1470993
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 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

Knowledge Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond90.8%—
SimpleQA Verified34.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.8%—
LMArena Expert1491—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

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

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1446977
LMArena Chinese15211014
LMArena Russian1446947
LMArena French1471—
LMArena German1450—
LMArena Japanese1443—
LMArena Korean1427—
LMArena Spanish1464—

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1451978

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1468—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14551032
LMArena Creative Writing1434990
LMArena Multi-Turn14531007
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1725—
EQ-Bench 41202—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.6 better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.6 or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.6 and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.6 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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