GPT-6 Sol vs Kimi K2 Thinking
Updated October 21, 2026. 6 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
vs boards won of 6 shared
Decision reading
Pick GPT-6 Sol for coding: it scores 82.8 on the Vibe Coding Index against 63.4 for Kimi K2 Thinking.
Pick Kimi K2 Thinking when output tokens cost 4.0x less.
Model AGPT-6 SolOpenAI82.8/1002 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BKimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AI63.4/1001 independent benchmark$0.61 per solved task
- Shared results
- 6
- GPT-6 Sol only
- 94
- Kimi K2 Thinking only
- 24
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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, four public coding benchmarks
GPT-6 Sol
GPT-6 Sol scores 82.8 against 63.4.
2 and 1 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GPT-6 Sol
GPT-6 Sol leads, 47.6 against 22.0.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Kimi K2 Thinking has a GPQA Diamond result, 78.5%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Kimi K2 Thinking has a AIME result, 85.4%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Kimi K2 Thinking has a MMLU Pro result, 81.1%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GPT-6 Sol
GPT-6 Sol leads, 1292 against 1113.
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 Thinking
GPT-6 Sol $0.0070, Kimi K2 Thinking $0.0019 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Kimi K2 Thinking has the number, $0.61.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-6 Sol 82.8 from 2 benchmarks, Kimi K2 Thinking 63.4 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- Coding, 62.1 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- ALE-Bench: GPT-6 Sol 2462.0 against Kimi K2 Thinking 597.5, 62.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GPT-6 Sol $10.00 against Kimi K2 Thinking $2.50 per million output tokens, 4.0x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-6 Sol takes 1.05M tokens, Kimi K2 Thinking 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 Thinking | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 1 | 0 | ||
| General | 1 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 6 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index10
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Kimi K2 Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | Not measured | 63.4% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| LiveBench coding | 93.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1683 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 63.1% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 60.2% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking 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 | 85.3% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| SciCode | 57.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 31.1% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| Terminal-Bench | Not measured | 35.7% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| FrontierCode | 49.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 42.8% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2462.0 | 597.5 | 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 14 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Kimi K2 Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 47.6 | 22.0 | GPT-6 Sol |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 163.7 | 145.8 | GPT-6 Sol |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index19 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Kimi K2 Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1232 | 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 | 1216 | 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 | 93.0% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| APEX-Agents | 54.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| METR time horizons | Not measured | 59.2% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking 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 20 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Kimi K2 Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 78.5% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| 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 | 83.8% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 47.9% | 23.8% | 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 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Kimi K2 Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 85.4% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 90.2% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 94.7 | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 94.7% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking 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 3 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index13 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Kimi K2 Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 81.1% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.2% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.7% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 60.6% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 71.7% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 92.6% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 47.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 84.8% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking 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 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Kimi K2 Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1292 | 1113 | GPT-6 Sol |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1292 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1313 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1269 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1322 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1301 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1318 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1226 | 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 Thinking | 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 | 68.1% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 83.7% | 72.0% | GPT-6 Sol |
| DTBench | 97.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMCA | 59.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| CL-bench | Not measured | 17.6% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking 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 Thinking | 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 Thinking$0.0019Fits in one request
Kimi K2 Thinking costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GPT-6 Sol$0.130Fits in one request
Kimi K2 Thinking$0.037Fits in one request
Kimi K2 Thinking costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GPT-6 Sol$0.500Fits in one request
Kimi K2 Thinking$0.145Fits in one request
Kimi K2 Thinking 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 Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Moonshot AI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | September 22, 2026 | November 6, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.60 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $2.50 |
| Coding index | 82.8 | 63.4 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.61 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-6 Sol better than Kimi K2 Thinking for coding?
Pick GPT-6 Sol for coding: it scores 82.8 on the Vibe Coding Index against 63.4 for Kimi K2 Thinking. Pick Kimi K2 Thinking when output tokens cost 4.0x less.
Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Sol or Kimi K2 Thinking?
GPT-6 Sol costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Kimi K2 Thinking costs $0.60 and $2.50. Cost per solved task is known for Kimi K2 Thinking only.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-6 Sol or Kimi K2 Thinking?
GPT-6 Sol, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-6 Sol vs Kimi K2 Thinking comparison based on?
6 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-6 Sol's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Kimi K2 Thinking's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.