Kimi K2.6 vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads Kimi K2.6 on coding, 65.4 to 52.1 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs 4.6x less per output token ($0.87 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 56 benchmarks have a result for both.
Kimi K2.6 or MiMo-V2.6-Pro: which to pick
Pick MiMo-V2.6-Pro for coding: it scores 65.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 52.1 for Kimi K2.6.
Pick Kimi K2.6 for work measured by LMArena Vision: diagrams or LMArena Vision: homework, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 56
- Kimi K2.6 only
- 53
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro only
- 17
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 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
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 65.4 against 52.1.
3 and 4 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads, 46.3 against 27.0.
Same board, both measured
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
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads, 1308 against 1268.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro has a Vals Index result, 57.8%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
Kimi K2.6 $0.0029, MiMo-V2.6-Pro $0.0009 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
- Kimi K2.6 52.1 from 3 benchmarks, MiMo-V2.6-Pro 65.4 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 21.2 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- ProofBench: Kimi K2.6 16.0% against MiMo-V2.6-Pro 70.0%, 54.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Kimi K2.6 $4.00 against MiMo-V2.6-Pro $0.87 per million output tokens, 4.6x apart.
- Context window
- Kimi K2.6 takes 262K tokens, MiMo-V2.6-Pro 1.05M.
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 | Kimi K2.6 | Bars | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 12 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 5 | ||
| Reasoning | 2 | 4 | ||
| Math | 0 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 5 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 6 | ||
| General | 4 | 14 | ||
| All shared boards | 6 | 50 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index012
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 81.5% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1509 | 1625 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| AA Coding Index | 61.8 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 86.8% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 76.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 31.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 37.9% | 85.2% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 27.8% | 43.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | 0.5% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 39.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 53.6% | 67.8% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 72.9% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| SciCode | 51.5% | 60.9% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 43.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| WeirdML | 55.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1092.7 | 1158.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1489 | 1533 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1484 | 1528 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1505 | 1639 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1485 | 1616 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1521 | 1598 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 27.0 | 46.3 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.9 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 20.5 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1268 | 1290 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1155 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1156 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1161 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1120 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1141 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1135 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1103 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1276 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 76.7% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 88.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 47.5% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 3.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 44.9% | 57.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 12.4% | 32.4% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 15.9% | 47.1% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 13.8% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 57.9% | 62.9% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 2.9% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 95.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 54.4% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 4.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $6,205 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index24
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 79.6% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 15.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 86.3% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 91.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 37.5% | 49.4% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 90.8% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 20.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 18.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| EBR-bench | 2.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1470 | 1511 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1491 | 1541 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1471 | 1520 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1298 | 1281 | Kimi K2.6 |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1310 | 1264 | Kimi K2.6 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 96.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 57.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 25.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| ProofBench | 16.0% | 70.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: math | 1474 | 1500 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1480 | 1511 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 87.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 84.7% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 61.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 66.7% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 74.7% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 65.8% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 40.1% | 45.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| SimpleQA Verified | 34.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1468 | 1506 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1457 | 1497 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1462 | 1485 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1445 | 1468 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1268 | 1308 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1263 | 1340 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1250 | 1314 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1249 | 1336 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1267 | 1330 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1271 | 1317 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1181 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1165 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 78.5% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index414
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 57.8% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 72.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 56.6% | 68.9% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 50.2% | 45.0% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 78.2% | 88.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 56.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| IFBench | 76.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 81.0% | 86.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| DTBench | 90.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMCA | 37.3% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Furniture assembly | 21.7% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| ExploitBench | 18.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1455 | 1491 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1451 | 1491 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1434 | 1466 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision | 1282 | 1263 | Kimi K2.6 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1460 | 1504 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1446 | 1474 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1520 | 1529 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: German | 1451 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1443 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1427 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1471 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1464 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1446 | 1479 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1438 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1453 | 1466 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1468 | 1501 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1439 | 1470 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1428 | 1465 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1287 | 1268 | Kimi K2.6 |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1346 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1291 | 1270 | Kimi K2.6 |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1280 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1273 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| LMArena Document | 1451 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | 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
MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Pro 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 | MoonshotAI Kimi K2.6 | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Moonshot AI | Xiaomi |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | April 20, 2026 | September 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 262K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.95 | $0.435 |
| Output $/Mtok | $4.00 | $0.87 |
| Coding index | 52.1 | 65.4 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.35 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Kimi K2.6 better than MiMo-V2.6-Pro for coding?
Pick MiMo-V2.6-Pro for coding: it scores 65.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 52.1 for Kimi K2.6. Pick Kimi K2.6 for work measured by LMArena Vision: diagrams or LMArena Vision: homework, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.6 or MiMo-V2.6-Pro?
Kimi K2.6 costs $0.95 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs $0.435 and $0.87. Cost per solved task is known for Kimi K2.6 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Kimi K2.6 or MiMo-V2.6-Pro?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Kimi K2.6 vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro comparison based on?
56 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Kimi K2.6's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and MiMo-V2.6-Pro's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.