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Kimi K2.6vsSolar Open 2 250B-A15B

Kimi K2.6 leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Solar Open 2 250B-A15B has the larger context window (1M tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
2 – 0
Kimi K2.6 leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
Solar Open 2 250B-A15B
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Moonshot AI · Upstage
Kimi K2.6
Moonshot AI · released 2026-04-20
textvision
Context
256K
Max out
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
14 · 8 core
Solar Open 2 250B-A15B
Upstage · released 2026-07-24
text
Context
1M
Max out
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
16 · 5 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Solar Open 2 250B-A15BΔEdge
Reported by both · 2
GPQA Diamond90.8% epoch86.3% +4.5 ptKimi K2.6
AIME 202695.8% matharena95.7% +0.1 ptKimi K2.6
Only Kimi K2.6 reports · 12
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 Solar Open 2 250B-A15B reports · 14
SWE-bench Verifiednot reported70.4%
MMLU-Pronot reported86.2%
Humanity's Last Exam (no tools)not reported28.8%
AA-LCRnot reported62.3%
APEX-Agentsnot reported16.6%
ArtifactsBenchnot reported55.9%
GDPval-AA v2not reported1128
HMMT 2026-02not reported93.9%
IFBenchnot reported80%
LiveCodeBench v6not reported92.4%
MCP Atlasnot reported58.2%
Multi-Challengenot reported61%
Tau3-Bench (banking)not reported19.6%
Terminal Bench Hardnot reported28.3%
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 Solar Open 2 250B-A15B 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

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SpecKimi K2.6Solar Open 2 250B-A15BEdge
Context window256K tokens1M tokensSolar Open 2 250B-A15B
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
Released2026-04-202026-07-24
Cited benchmark scores1416
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