Model comparison

GPT-5.2 Pro vs Kimi K2.6

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 47.7 on the Noometry Index. Kimi K2.6 costs 34× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI

52.3

Rank #39 Reported

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher in 2 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.2 Pro leads 51.5 to 40.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath Tier 4: 46% for GPT-5.2 Pro and 25.6% for Kimi K2.6.
  • Kimi K2.6 is cheaper at $0.95 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $21 / $168 for GPT-5.2 Pro.
  • GPT-5.2 Pro accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 262K.
  • Kimi K2.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 Pro and Kimi K2.6 specifications
GPT-5.2 ProKimi K2.6
ProviderOpenAIMoonshot AI
Noometry Index52.347.7
Released2025-12-112026-04-20
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K262K
Max output128K262K
Input $ / M tokens$21$0.95
Output $ / M tokens$168$4
Results tracked851

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProKimi K2.6
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1509
SciCode—53.5%
WeirdML—55.9%
LMArena Coding—1488
ALE-Bench—1,093

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProKimi K2.6
OSWorld 2.0—4.6%
ExploitBench—18.4%
GBAEval—0.9%
GDP.pdf—12%
Vending-Bench 2—6,205

Reasoning GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.5 (#33), Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProKimi K2.6
NYT Connections (extended)79.3%87.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index155.4151.05
ARC-AGI-254.2%—
SimpleBench57.4%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
CritPt—8%
Chess Puzzles—26%
EBR-Bench—2.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1470
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%
DTBench—90.9%
LMCA—37.3%

Math GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 65.3 (#29), Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41)

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProKimi K2.6
GPQA Diamond—90.8%
SimpleQA Verified—34.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.8%
LMArena Expert—1491

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProKimi K2.6
LMArena Vision—1283
Blueprint-Bench 2—3.9%
Furniture Assembly—21.7%
LMArena Document—1451

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProKimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English—1446
LMArena Chinese—1521
LMArena French—1471
LMArena German—1450
LMArena Japanese—1443
LMArena Korean—1427
LMArena Russian—1446
LMArena Spanish—1464

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProKimi K2.6
LMArena Instruction Following—1451

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProKimi K2.6
LMArena Longer Query—1468

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProKimi K2.6
LMArena Text—1455
LMArena Creative Writing—1434
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1725
EQ-Bench 4—1202
LMArena Multi-Turn—1453

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 Pro better than Kimi K2.6?

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 47.7 on the Noometry Index. Kimi K2.6 costs 34× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.2 Pro 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-5.2 Pro lists at $21 and $168.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.2 Pro does, with 400K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 Pro and Kimi K2.6 share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 Pro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.

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