Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Hy3 Preview
62
Kimi K2.6
85
Verified leaderboard positions: Hy3 Preview unranked · Kimi K2.6 #6
Pick Kimi K2.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Hy3 Preview only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
Agentic
+18.7 difference
Coding
+12.0 difference
Knowledge
+7.1 difference
Hy3 Preview
Kimi K2.6
$0 / $0
$0.95 / $4
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256K
256K
Pick Kimi K2.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Hy3 Preview only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
Kimi K2.6 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 85 to 62. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Kimi K2.6's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 73.1 against 54.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 54.4% to 66.7%.
Kimi K2.6 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.95 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Hy3 Preview. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone.
Kimi K2.6 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 85 to 62. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 54.4% and 66.7%.
Kimi K2.6 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 53.8 versus 46.7. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Kimi K2.6 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 72 versus 60. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Kimi K2.6 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.1 versus 54.4. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.
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