Model comparison

Kimi K2.6 vs Wizardlm 70b

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

33.0

Rank #249 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.6 scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.6 leads 68.5 to 34.8.

Side by side

Kimi K2.6 and Wizardlm 70b specifications
Kimi K2.6Wizardlm 70b
ProviderMoonshot AIMicrosoft
Noometry Index47.733.0
Released2026-04-20—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.95—
Output $ / M tokens$4—
Results tracked5112

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding14881081
SWE-bench Verified76.7%—
LMArena WebDev1509—
SciCode53.5%—
WeirdML55.9%—
ALE-Bench1,093—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137), Wizardlm 70b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Wizardlm 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), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts14701079
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), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

Knowledge Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Wizardlm 70b
GPQA Diamond90.8%—
SimpleQA Verified34.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.8%—
LMArena Expert1491—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103), Wizardlm 70b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Vision1283—
Blueprint-Bench 23.9%—
Furniture Assembly21.7%—
LMArena Document1451—

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English14461078
LMArena Chinese15211052
LMArena German14501083
LMArena Russian14461155
LMArena French1471—
LMArena Japanese1443—
LMArena Korean1427—
LMArena Spanish1464—

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following14511093

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query14681097

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Text14551120
LMArena Creative Writing14341149
LMArena Multi-Turn14531108
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1725—
EQ-Bench 41202—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.6 better than Wizardlm 70b?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.6 or Wizardlm 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 Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.6 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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