# DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Kimi K2.6

> DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 47.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-v4-pro-vs-kimi-k2-6
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 40

## Summary

- They share 40 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 6 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 3 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.5 to 40.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 50% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 16% for Kimi K2.6.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper at $0.66 / $1.98 per million input/output tokens, against $0.95 / $4 for Kimi K2.6.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 54.3 | 47.7 |
| Rank | 31 | 60 |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.66 | $0.95 |
| Output $/M | $1.98 | $4 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34)
- Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1582 | 1509 |
| SciCode | 51% | 53.5% |
| WeirdML | 66.2% | 55.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1470 | 1488 |
| ALE-Bench | 1,403 | 1,093 |
| FrontierCode | 28.6% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58)
- Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | 3,285 | 6,205 |
| APEX-Agents | 47.3% | — |
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 4.6% |
| ExploitBench | — | 18.4% |
| GBAEval | — | 0.9% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 12% |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24)
- Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 91.3% | 87.2% |
| CritPt | 18% | 8% |
| Chess Puzzles | 47% | 26% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1461 | 1470 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 43% | 18% |
| DTBench | 93.9% | 90.9% |
| LMCA | 45.5% | 37.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.31 | 151.05 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 61.3% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 53.5% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 90.5% | — |
| EBR-Bench | — | 2.4% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 40% | — |
| ForecastBench | 56.1 | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30)
- Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 64.6% | 57.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 26.8% | 25.6% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 76.6% | 72.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 98.6% | 96.1% |
| ProofBench | 50% | 16% |
| LMArena Math | 1455 | 1475 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31)
- Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 91.7% | 90.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 52.9% | 34.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.6% | 10.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1464 | 1491 |

## Multimodal

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: —
- Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1283 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 3.9% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 21.7% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1451 |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45)
- Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1439 | 1446 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1486 | 1521 |
| LMArena French | 1472 | 1471 |
| LMArena German | 1458 | 1450 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1445 | 1443 |
| LMArena Korean | 1447 | 1427 |
| LMArena Russian | 1453 | 1446 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1458 | 1464 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47)
- Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1448 | 1451 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51)
- Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1458 | 1468 |
| CL-bench Life | 13.5% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46)
- Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1451 | 1455 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1446 | 1434 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1553 | 1725 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1166 | 1202 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1467 | 1453 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Kimi K2.6?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 47.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Kimi K2.6?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.66 per million input tokens and $1.98 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.6 lists at $0.95 and $4.

### Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 50.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4 Pro does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Kimi K2.6 share?

40 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.