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Grok 4.6vsKimi K2.6
Grok 4.6 leads 5 of 5 shared benchmarks. Grok 4.6 has the larger context window (500K tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
5 – 0
Grok 4.6 leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
Grok 4.6
500K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
— · 100%
xAI · Moonshot AI
Grok 4.6
xAI · released 2026-08-12
textvision
Kimi K2.6
Moonshot AI · released 2026-04-20
textvision
- Context
- 256K
- Max out
- —
- Input /1M
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- Output /1M
- —
- Cached /1M
- —
- Scores
- 14 · 8 core
Quality
Benchmark matrix
5 shared · 10 only Grok 4.6 · 9 only Kimi K2.6| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Kimi K2.6 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 5 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 94% ↗epoch | 90.8% ↗epoch | +3.2 pt | Grok 4.6 |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 31.7% ↗epoch | 25.6% ↗epoch | +6.1 pt | Grok 4.6 |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 66% ↗epoch | 57.2% ↗epoch | +8.8 pt | Grok 4.6 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 99.2% ↗epoch | 96.1% ↗epoch | +3.1 pt | Grok 4.6 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 49.3% ↗epoch | 34.9% ↗epoch | +14.4 pt | Grok 4.6 |
| Only Grok 4.6 reports · 10 | ||||
| AA-Briefcase | 1577 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| APEX-Agents | 57.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| APEX-SWE | 56.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 61 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 69.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| DeepSWE v1.1 | 65.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierCode v1.1 (Extended) | 61.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GDPVal-AA v2 | 1753 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Harvey LAB (Vals) | 15.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 26% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Kimi K2.6 reports · 9 | ||||
| AIME 2026 | not reported | 95.8% ↗matharena ⚠ | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1454.9 ↗ | — | — |
| Kimi Claw 24/7 Bench | not reported | 42.9% ↗ | — | — |
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | not reported | 50.9% ↗ | — | — |
| MCP-Atlas | not reported | 69.4% ↗ | — | — |
| MCPMark-Verified | not reported | 72.8% ↗ | — | — |
| MLS-Bench-Lite | not reported | 26.7% ↗ | — | — |
| ProgramBench | not reported | 48.3% ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 76.7% ↗epoch | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Grok 4.6 minus Kimi K2.6 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Grok 4.6 | Kimi K2.6 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 500K tokens | 256K tokens | Grok 4.6 |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $2 ↗ | — | — |
| Output price / 1M | $6 ↗ | — | — |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.5 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $8 | — | — |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2026-08-12 | 2026-04-20 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 15 | 14 | — |
Reliability
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