GPT-6 Sol vs Kimi K2 0905
GPT-6 Sol leads Kimi K2 0905 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 47.6 to 15.3, and Kimi K2 0905 costs 4.0x less per output token ($2.50 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 6 benchmarks have a result for both.
vs boards won of 6 shared
GPT-6 Sol or Kimi K2 0905: which to pick
Only GPT-6 Sol has a coding score, 76.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Kimi K2 0905 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Kimi K2 0905 for output tokens 4.0x cheaper ($2.50 vs $10.00 per million).
Model AGPT-6 SolOpenAI76.0/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BKimi K2 0905Moonshot AINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
- Shared results
- 6
- GPT-6 Sol only
- 95
- Kimi K2 0905 only
- 11
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 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
No call
Only GPT-6 Sol has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GPT-6 Sol
GPT-6 Sol leads, 47.6 against 15.3.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GPT-6 Sol
GPT-6 Sol leads, 1292 against 1089.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-6 Sol
GPT-6 Sol takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Kimi K2 0905
GPT-6 Sol $0.0070, Kimi K2 0905 $0.0019 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-6 Sol 76.0 from 5 benchmarks, Kimi K2 0905 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Coding, 73.2 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- ALE-Bench: GPT-6 Sol 2462.0 against Kimi K2 0905 267.1, 73.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GPT-6 Sol $10.00 against Kimi K2 0905 $2.50 per million output tokens, 4.0x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-6 Sol takes 1.05M tokens, Kimi K2 0905 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 | GPT-6 Sol | Bars | Kimi K2 0905 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 2 | 0 | ||
| General | 1 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 6 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index10
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 93.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1683 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 44.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 87.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 57.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 2.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 82.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 83.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 78.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 61.0% | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| SciCode | 57.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 23.5% | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| FrontierCode | 49.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 36.7% | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2462.0 | 267.1 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1448 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1433 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1685 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1685 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1660 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 47.6 | 15.3 | GPT-6 Sol |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 163.7 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index18 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1231 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1238 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1214 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LiveBench research | 69.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LiveBench browser | 92.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 66.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 30.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 49.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 15.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 28.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 71.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 74.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 30.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Vals Science Index | 45.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 73.4% | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 54.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| SpireClimb | 7.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $14,428 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | 88.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 30.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 76.7% | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 47.9% | 6.4% | GPT-6 Sol |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 94.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| ARC-AGI | 95.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 89.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Chess puzzles | 56.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 56.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| EBR-bench | 53.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1422 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1437 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1420 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1270 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1286 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | Not measured | 52.2% | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 57.3 | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 57.3% | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 89.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 90.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| ProofBench | 83.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1407 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1424 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 47.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 81.9% | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 60.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1389 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1366 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1396 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1380 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 72.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1292 | 1089 | GPT-6 Sol |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1292 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1314 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1269 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1318 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1301 | 1098 | GPT-6 Sol |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1316 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1225 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LiveBench design | 82.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Kimi K2 0905 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | 81.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 56.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 44.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 82.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 41.7% | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 83.7% | 53.0% | GPT-6 Sol |
| DTBench | 97.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMCA | 59.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 66.7% | Only Kimi K2 0905 measured |
| Furniture assembly | 58.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text | 1398 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1413 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1378 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1240 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1396 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1388 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1412 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1379 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1377 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1336 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1399 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1387 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1402 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1372 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1414 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1416 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1389 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1373 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1229 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1258 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1219 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Kimi K2 0905 | 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
GPT-6 Sol$0.0070Fits in one request
Kimi K2 0905$0.0019Fits in one request
Kimi K2 0905 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GPT-6 Sol$0.130Fits in one request
Kimi K2 0905$0.037Fits in one request
Kimi K2 0905 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GPT-6 Sol$0.500Fits in one request
Kimi K2 0905$0.145Fits in one request
Kimi K2 0905 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 | OpenAI GPT-6 Sol | MoonshotAI Kimi K2 0905 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Moonshot AI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | September 22, 2026 | September 4, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.60 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $2.50 |
| Coding index | 76.0 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-6 Sol better than Kimi K2 0905 for coding?
Only GPT-6 Sol has a coding score, 76.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Kimi K2 0905 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Kimi K2 0905 for output tokens 4.0x cheaper ($2.50 vs $10.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Sol or Kimi K2 0905?
GPT-6 Sol costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Kimi K2 0905 costs $0.60 and $2.50. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-6 Sol or Kimi K2 0905?
GPT-6 Sol, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-6 Sol vs Kimi K2 0905 comparison based on?
6 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-6 Sol's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Kimi K2 0905's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.