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Kimi K2.6vsLongCat 2.0

Kimi K2.6 leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark. LongCat 2.0 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.

Shared benchmarks
1 – 0
Kimi K2.6 leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
LongCat 2.0
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Moonshot AI · Meituan LongCat
Kimi K2.6
Moonshot AI · released 2026-04-20
textvision
Context
256K
Max out
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
14 · 8 core
LongCat 2.0
Meituan LongCat · released 2026-06-30
text
Context
1M
Max out
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
10 · 4 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkKimi K2.6LongCat 2.0ΔEdge
Reported by both · 1
GPQA Diamond90.8% epoch88.9% +1.9 ptKimi K2.6
Only Kimi K2.6 reports · 13
AIME 202695.8% matharenanot reported
LMArena Elo1454.9 not reported
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)25.6% epochnot reported
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)57.2% epochnot reported
Kimi Claw 24/7 Bench42.9% not reported
Kimi Code Bench v250.9% not reported
MCP-Atlas69.4% not reported
MCPMark-Verified72.8% not reported
MLS-Bench-Lite26.7% not reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)96.1% epochnot reported
ProgramBench48.3% not reported
SimpleQA Verified34.9% epochnot reported
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)76.7% epochnot reported
Only LongCat 2.0 reports · 9
BrowseCompnot reported79.9%
FORTEnot reported73.2%
IFEvalnot reported90%
IMO-AnswerBenchnot reported81.8%
RWSearchnot reported78.8%
SWE-bench Multilingualnot reported77.3%
SWE-bench Pronot reported59.5%
Terminal-Bench 2.1not reported70.8%
Writing Benchnot reported83.8%
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 Kimi K2.6 minus LongCat 2.0 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

SpecKimi K2.6LongCat 2.0Edge
Context window256K tokens1M tokensLongCat 2.0
Max output
Input price / 1M
Output price / 1M
Cached input / 1M
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
Modalitiestext · visiontextKimi K2.6
Released2026-04-202026-06-30
Cited benchmark scores1410
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