Kimi K2.6

Released

Apr 20, 2026

Price in / out

$0.6 / $2.5

Blended $/1M

$1.07

Context

256K

Parameters: 1T / 32B active. License: Modified MIT.

Benchmark scoresvs Kimi K2.5

Benchmark	Score	Δ vs prior	Rank (current)	Configuration	Source
Terminal-Bench 2.1	53.6%	+11.7	#18 of 21	leaderboard	benchlm.ai ↗
SWE-bench Verified	80.2%	+3.4	#4 of 9	leaderboard	benchlm.ai ↗
GPQA Diamond	90.5%	+2.9	#7 of 11	leaderboard	benchlm.ai ↗
Humanity's Last Exam	34.7%	+4.6	#12 of 15	leaderboard	benchlm.ai ↗
AIME 2026	96.4%	+0.6	#1 of 2	leaderboard	benchlm.ai ↗
τ²-bench (Telecom)	95.9%	+0.0	#2 of 10	leaderboard	benchlm.ai ↗
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index	44.2	+8.8	#5 of 11	leaderboard	benchlm.ai ↗

Kimi versions

Timeline

Version	Released	$ in / out	Terminal-Bench	SWE-bench	GPQA	HLE	ARC-AGI-2	AIME
Kimi K2Superseded	2025-07-11	$0.6 / $2.5	—	65.8%	—	—	—	—
Kimi K2.5Superseded	2026-01-27	$0.6 / $2.5	41.9%	76.8%	87.6%	30.1%	—	95.8%
Kimi K2.6Superseded	2026-04-20	$0.6 / $2.5	53.6%	80.2%	90.5%	34.7%	—	96.4%
Kimi K2.7 Code	2026-06-15	$0.6 / $2.5	67%	—	—	—	—	—
Kimi K3	2026-07-16	$3 / $15	80.9%	93.4%	93.5%	56%	60.4%	—

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