# GPT-5.1 vs Kimi K2.6

> GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.8 to 47.5 on the Noometry Index. Kimi K2.6 costs 2.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-5-1-vs-kimi-k2-6
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 37

## Summary

- They share 37 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.1 scores higher in 5 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 5 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multimodal, where GPT-5.1 leads 44.0 to 31.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 48% for GPT-5.1 and 34.9% for Kimi K2.6.
- Kimi K2.6 is cheaper at $0.95 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $10 for GPT-5.1.
- GPT-5.1 accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 262K.
- Kimi K2.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-5.1 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 48.8 | 47.5 |
| Rank | 47 | 52 |
| Context | 400K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $1.25 | $0.95 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $4 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- GPT-5.1: 46.9 (#59)
- Kimi K2.6: 50.5 (#41)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 68% | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1395 | 1509 |
| SciCode | 43.3% | 53.5% |
| WeirdML | 60.8% | 55.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | 1488 |
| ALE-Bench | 1,192 | 1,093 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 66% | — |
| GSO | 13.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 72.5% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GPT-5.1: 32.5 (#55)
- Kimi K2.6: 21.8 (#128)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | 1,473 | 6,205 |
| Terminal-Bench | 47.6% | — |
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 4.6% |
| DeepResearch Bench | 42.8% | — |
| ExploitBench | — | 18.4% |
| GBAEval | — | 0.9% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 12% |
| LMArena Search | 1199 | — |

## Reasoning

- GPT-5.1: 39.9 (#50)
- Kimi K2.6: 39.6 (#51)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 4.9% | 8% |
| Chess Puzzles | 32% | 26% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1457 | 1470 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 19% | 18% |
| DTBench | 90.1% | 90.9% |
| LMCA | 43.9% | 37.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 149.66 | 151.03 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 17.6% | — |
| SimpleBench | 53.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 87.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 72.8% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 11.2% | — |
| EBR-Bench | — | 2.4% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 95.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 72.1% | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 78.8% | — |

## Math

- GPT-5.1: 50.3 (#45)
- Kimi K2.6: 56.8 (#34)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.6% | 96.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1446 | 1475 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 31% | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 12.5% | 14.6% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 57.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 25.6% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 72.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 16% |
| Omni-MATH | 46.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 94.5% | — |

## Knowledge

- GPT-5.1: 50.5 (#65)
- Kimi K2.6: 53.9 (#48)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.6% | 90.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 48% | 34.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.9% | 10.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1470 | 1491 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 23.7% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 57.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 44.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- GPT-5.1: 44.0 (#17)
- Kimi K2.6: 31.8 (#95)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1250 | 1282 |
| LMArena Document | 1403 | 1451 |
| VPCT | 58.7% | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 3.9% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 21.7% |

## Multilingual

- GPT-5.1: 54.0 (#51)
- Kimi K2.6: 55.1 (#35)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1431 | 1446 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | 1521 |
| LMArena French | 1451 | 1471 |
| LMArena German | 1439 | 1449 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1453 | 1442 |
| LMArena Korean | 1401 | 1428 |
| LMArena Russian | 1435 | 1446 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1430 | 1463 |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-5.1: 84.0 (#1)
- Kimi K2.6: 76.5 (#40)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1442 | 1451 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 93.3% | — |
| IFEval | 93.5% | — |

## Long Context

- GPT-5.1: 47.6 (#14)
- Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#50)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1448 | 1468 |
| CL-bench | 23.7% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 17.3% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-5.1: 64.7 (#53)
- Kimi K2.6: 68.7 (#25)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1443 | 1455 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1427 | 1434 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1449 | 1453 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1725 |
| WildBench | 86.3% | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1202 |
| LiveBench Language | 80.2% | — |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-5.1 better than Kimi K2.6?

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.8 to 47.5 on the Noometry Index. Kimi K2.6 costs 2.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, GPT-5.1 or Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is cheaper. It lists at $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens; GPT-5.1 lists at $1.25 and $10.

### Is GPT-5.1 or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.5 versus 46.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.1 does, with 400K tokens against 262K.

### How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1 and Kimi K2.6 share?

37 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1 has 63 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.