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Holo3-35B-A3B vs Kimi K2.6

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 1 shared benchmark result across 1 category. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.

H Company
74/100
Tied
Moonshot AI
74/100
1 category wins0 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: Holo3-35B-A3B unranked; Kimi K2.6 #13

Evidence parity. Holo3-35B-A3B and Kimi K2.6 share 1 comparable benchmark result. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 0 results are unique to Holo3-35B-A3B; 59 to Kimi K2.6.

Updated July 13, 2026
Shared results
1
Holo3-35B-A3B only
0
Kimi K2.6 only
59
Comparable categories
1 / 8

Treat this as a split decision. Holo3-35B-A3B makes more sense if agentic is the priority or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model; Kimi K2.6 is the better fit if you need the larger 256K context window or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 1 shared benchmark result across 1 evidence category; 1 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Holo3-35B-A3B and Kimi K2.6 finish on the same provisional overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The provisional headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

Kimi K2.6 is the reasoning model in the pair, while Holo3-35B-A3B is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Kimi K2.6 gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 64K for Holo3-35B-A3B.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Holo3-35B-A3B and Kimi K2.6
CategoryHolo3-35B-A3BΔKimi K2.6
AgenticHolo3-35B-A3B82.6Margin 9.1Kimi K2.673.5
CodingHolo3-35B-A3BNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.672.6
KnowledgeHolo3-35B-A3BNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.642.2
MathHolo3-35B-A3BNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.667.1
MultimodalHolo3-35B-A3BNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.679.8

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Holo3-35B-A3BB · Kimi K2.6
  1. OSWorld-Verified

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 82.6%B 73.1%
    Winner: Holo3-35B-A3BΔ 9.5
    OSWorld-Verified: Holo3-35B-A3B scored 82.6%; Kimi K2.6 scored 73.1%. Holo3-35B-A3B wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricHolo3-35B-A3BKimi K2.6Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensHolo3-35B-A3BNot availableKimi K2.6$0.95 input / $4 outputA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondHolo3-35B-A3BNot availableKimi K2.6Not availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenHolo3-35B-A3BNot availableKimi K2.6Not availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensHolo3-35B-A3B64KKimi K2.6256KKimi K2.6 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticHolo3-35B-A3B wins
BenchmarkHolo3-35B-A3BKimi K2.6Result
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 82.6%73.1%Holo3-35B-A3B leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 66.7%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 83.2%Not comparable
ToolathlonSource 50%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 55.9%Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 62.3%Not comparable
DeepSearchQASource 92.5%Not comparable
WideResearchSource 80.8%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 30.3%Not comparable
Tau2-TelecomSource 95.9%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 34.5%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1190Not comparable
APEX-Agents-AASource 28.5%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 56.82%Not comparable
ResearchClawBenchSource 18.0%Not comparable
OSWorld 2.0Source 4.6%Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 809Not comparable
AA AutomationBenchSource 19.6%Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 38.5%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 0.0%Not comparable
AA ITBenchSource 31.2%Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 20.6%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkHolo3-35B-A3BKimi K2.6Result
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 80.2%Not comparable
LiveCodeBenchSource 89.6%Not comparable
LiveCodeBench v6Source 89.6%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 58.6%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 76.7%Not comparable
SciCodeSource 52.2%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 66.7%Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 37.89%Not comparable
cursorBench31Source 47.6%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 61.8%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench HardSource 43.9%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 53.5%Not comparable
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Source 65.9%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkHolo3-35B-A3BKimi K2.6Result
AA-LCRSource 69.7%Not comparable
CritPtSource 8.0%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkHolo3-35B-A3BKimi K2.6Result
GPQASource 90.5%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 90.5%Not comparable
HLESource 34.7%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 44.2%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 91.1%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 35.9%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 6.4%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 32.8%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 39.3%Not comparable
AA Openness IndexSource 33.3%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkHolo3-35B-A3BKimi K2.6Result
AIME26Source 96.4%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source 92.7%Not comparable
MMAnswerBenchSource 86.0%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 38.966%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 14.580%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkHolo3-35B-A3BKimi K2.6Result
MMMU-ProSource 79.4%Not comparable
MMMU-Pro w/ PythonSource 80.1%Not comparable
CharXivSource 80.4%Not comparable
MathVisionSource 87.4%Not comparable
V*Source 96.9%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 79.4%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1318Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkHolo3-35B-A3BKimi K2.6Result
AA-IFBenchSource 76.0%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Holo3-35B-A3B or Kimi K2.6?

Holo3-35B-A3B and Kimi K2.6 are tied on the provisional overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Holo3-35B-A3B or Kimi K2.6?

Holo3-35B-A3B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.6 versus 73.5. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Holo3-35B-A3B
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Kimi K2.6
API / mo$3,713
Self-host / mo$18,221
Break-even326M/day
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 13, 2026

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