Gemini 4 Hydrogen vs Kimi K2.6
Gemini 4 Hydrogen leads Kimi K2.6 on coding, 77.9 to 52.1 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Kimi K2.6 costs 1.9x less per output token ($4.00 vs $7.50 per million). Updated November 14, 2026; 35 benchmarks have a result for both.
vs boards won of 35 shared
Gemini 4 Hydrogen or Kimi K2.6: which to pick
Pick Gemini 4 Hydrogen for coding: it scores 77.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 52.1 for Kimi K2.6.
Pick Kimi K2.6 for output tokens 1.9x cheaper ($4.00 vs $7.50 per million).
Model AGemini 4 HydrogenGoogle77.9/1004 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BKimi K2.6Moonshot AI52.1/1003 independent benchmarks$0.35 per solved task
- Shared results
- 35
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen only
- 15
- Kimi K2.6 only
- 77
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Gemini 4 Hydrogen scores 77.9 against 52.1.
4 and 3 benchmarks behind the scores
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Kimi K2.6 has a AA Agentic Index result, 20.5.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Kimi K2.6 has a GPQA Diamond result, 89.1%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Kimi K2.6 has a MMLU Pro result, 87.6%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Gemini 4 Hydrogen leads, 1320 against 1263.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Gemini 4 Hydrogen has a Vals Index result, 68.5%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Gemini 4 Hydrogen takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Kimi K2.6
Gemini 4 Hydrogen $0.0053, Kimi K2.6 $0.0029 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Kimi K2.6 has the number, $0.35.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen 77.9 from 4 benchmarks, Kimi K2.6 52.1 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 38.9 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Artificial Analysis run): Gemini 4 Hydrogen 54.0% against Kimi K2.6 0.5%, 53.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen $7.50 against Kimi K2.6 $4.00 per million output tokens, 1.9x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen takes 1.05M tokens, Kimi K2.6 262K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Gemini 4 Hydrogen | Bars | Kimi K2.6 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 7 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 13 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 35 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index70
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Hydrogen | Kimi K2.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 78.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1704 | 1509 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 61.8 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.8% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 76.2% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 54.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 87.8% | 37.9% | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 27.8% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.6% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 51.5% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 43.9% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Artificial Analysis run) | 54.0% | 0.5% | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| FrontierCode 2.0 | 39.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 55.9% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1092.7 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1516 | 1489 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1513 | 1484 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1724 | 1504 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1743 | 1486 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1522 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 57.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Hydrogen | Kimi K2.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 151.6 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Hydrogen | Kimi K2.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 20.5 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1268 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1130 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1147 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1152 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1100 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1084 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1080 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1095 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | Not measured | 1276 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LiveBench research | 86.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured |
| LiveBench browser | 77.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 61.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.9% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 52.3% | 12.4% | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 53.8% | 15.9% | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 11.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 57.9% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 95.9% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Not measured | 4.6% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $6,205 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Not measured | 58.0% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Hydrogen | Kimi K2.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 89.1% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | 88.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.3% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 91.1% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 37.5% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| HLE-Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 58.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured |
| CritPt v2, hard subset (Artificial Analysis run) | 66.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 90.8% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 20.0% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 18.0% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| EBR-bench | Not measured | 2.4% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1520 | 1470 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1558 | 1492 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1514 | 1471 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1298 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1310 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Hydrogen | Kimi K2.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 96.1% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 57.2% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 25.6% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 16.0% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1507 | 1475 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1534 | 1480 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| MathArena | Not measured | 23.0% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Hydrogen | Kimi K2.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 87.6% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 84.7% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.2% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.7% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 74.7% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.8% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 40.1% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| AA-Omniscience | 46.3 | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 34.9% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1519 | 1468 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1488 | 1456 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1532 | 1461 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1486 | 1445 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Hydrogen | Kimi K2.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1320 | 1263 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1257 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1369 | 1239 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1246 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1415 | 1247 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1333 | 1262 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1170 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1152 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LiveBench design | 77.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index130
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Hydrogen | Kimi K2.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 68.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 83.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 56.6% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 78.2% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 56.4% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 76.0% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 81.0% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| GDPval-AA | Not measured | 1046 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 90.9% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 37.3% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 21.7% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| ExploitBench | Not measured | 18.4% | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1502 | 1455 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1519 | 1451 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1509 | 1433 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1282 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1499 | 1460 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1495 | 1446 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1631 | 1521 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1454 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1440 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1427 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1512 | 1471 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1494 | 1464 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1492 | 1446 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1438 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1485 | 1454 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1524 | 1468 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1500 | 1439 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1503 | 1428 | Gemini 4 Hydrogen |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1287 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1347 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1292 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1280 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1273 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Document | Not measured | 1450 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| EQ-Bench 4 | Not measured | 1191 | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Hydrogen | Kimi K2.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 4 Hydrogen$0.0053Fits in one request
Kimi K2.6$0.0029Fits in one request
Kimi K2.6 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 4 Hydrogen$0.098Fits in one request
Kimi K2.6$0.059Fits in one request
Kimi K2.6 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 4 Hydrogen$0.375Fits in one request
Kimi K2.6$0.230Fits in one request
Kimi K2.6 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Gemini 4 Hydrogen | MoonshotAI Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Moonshot AI | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | November 12, 2026 | April 20, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.50 | $0.95 |
| Output $/Mtok | $7.50 | $4.00 |
| Coding index | 77.9 | 52.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.35 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 4 Hydrogen better than Kimi K2.6 for coding?
Pick Gemini 4 Hydrogen for coding: it scores 77.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 52.1 for Kimi K2.6. Pick Kimi K2.6 for output tokens 1.9x cheaper ($4.00 vs $7.50 per million).
Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Hydrogen or Kimi K2.6?
Gemini 4 Hydrogen costs $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.6 costs $0.95 and $4.00. Cost per solved task is known for Kimi K2.6 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 4 Hydrogen or Kimi K2.6?
Gemini 4 Hydrogen, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 4 Hydrogen vs Kimi K2.6 comparison based on?
35 benchmarks have a result for both models as of November 14, 2026. Gemini 4 Hydrogen's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and Kimi K2.6's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.