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Model comparison

Inkling vs Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 44.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 34 shared benchmarks.

Inkling Thinking Machines Lab

44.1

Rank #80 Confirmed

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 34 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling scores higher in 2 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.6 leads 57.0 to 31.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 33.3% for Inkling and 57.2% for Kimi K2.6.
  • Kimi K2.6 is cheaper at $0.95 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $1.87 / $4.68 for Inkling.
  • Kimi K2.6 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 66K.

Side by side

InklingKimi K2.6
ProviderThinking Machines LabMoonshot AI
Noometry Index44.147.7
Released2026-07-152026-04-20
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window66K262K
Max output66K262K
Input $ / M tokens$1.87$0.95
Output $ / M tokens$4.68$4
Results tracked4151

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Inkling: 34.5 (#234), Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43)

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.6
LMArena WebDev14131509
SciCode47%53.5%
WeirdML32.3%55.9%
LMArena Coding14641488
ALE-Bench9461,093
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
FrontierCode14%—
FrontierSWE4.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Inkling leads

Inkling: 29.6 (#85), Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137)

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.6
APEX-Agents33.8%—
OSWorld 2.0—4.6%
τ²-bench Banking25%—
ExploitBench—18.4%
GBAEval—0.9%
GDP.pdf—12%
Vending-Bench 2—6,205

Reasoning Too close to call

Inkling: 40.4 (#56), Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55)

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.6
CritPt5.4%8%
Chess Puzzles21%26%
LMArena Hard Prompts14511470
DTBench87.5%90.9%
LMCA37.6%37.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index148.54151.05
ARC-AGI-236.5%—
SimpleBench50%—
NYT Connections (extended)—87.2%
ARC-AGI-179.5%—
EBR-Bench—2.4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Inkling: 31.3 (#225), Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41)

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.6
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)33.3%57.2%
FrontierMath Tier 44.9%25.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%96.1%
ProofBench0%16%
LMArena Math14791475
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—72.9%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—39%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—14.6%

Knowledge Inkling leads

Inkling: 55.1 (#49), Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54)

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.6
GPQA Diamond88.3%90.8%
SimpleQA Verified40.3%34.9%
LMArena Expert14651491
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Inkling: —, Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103)

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.6
LMArena Vision—1283
Blueprint-Bench 2—3.9%
Furniture Assembly—21.7%
LMArena Document—1451

Multilingual Too close to call

Inkling: 54.0 (#52), Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37)

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English14341446
LMArena Chinese14901521
LMArena French14581471
LMArena German14461450
LMArena Japanese14291443
LMArena Korean14041427
LMArena Russian14291446
LMArena Spanish14481464

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Inkling: 75.1 (#71), Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43)

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.6
LMArena Instruction Following14261451

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Inkling: 43.8 (#86), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52)

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.6
LMArena Longer Query14341468

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Inkling: 65.2 (#51), Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26)

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.6
LMArena Text14411455
LMArena Creative Writing13871434
EQ-Bench Creative Writing16111725
EQ-Bench 412261202
LMArena Multi-Turn14361453

Frequently asked questions

Is Inkling better than Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 44.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Inkling or Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is cheaper. It lists at $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens; Inkling lists at $1.87 and $4.68.

Is Inkling or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Kimi K2.6 does, with 262K tokens against 66K.

How many benchmarks do Inkling and Kimi K2.6 share?

34 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling has 41 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.

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