# Claude Mythos 5 vs Kimi K2.6

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Mythos 5 and Kimi K2.6 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-mythos-5-vs-kimi-2-6
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Mythos 5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2.6 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Mythos 5 leads overall 85 to 65.3.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 85.1 for Claude Mythos 5 and 64 for Kimi K2.6.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 64.5% and 34.7%.
- Kimi K2.6 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Claude Mythos 5 also has the larger context window at 1M+.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Mythos 5 | Kimi K2.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M+ | 256K |
| Overall Score | null | 65.3 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 15 | 37 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $10.00 / $50.00 | $0.95 / $4.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 46.1 (Estimated · #88/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 88% | 66.7% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 85% | 73.1% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| BrowseComp | 88% | 83.2% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| CyberGym | 83.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 50% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 55.9% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 62.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 92.5% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 56.82% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 4.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 51.6 (Supported · #62/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 95.5% | 80.2% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 80.3% | 58.6% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 88.0% | 66.7% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 76.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 52.2% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 37.89% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | Coming soon | 47.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 76.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: 85.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 64 (#26/48)

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Multimodal | 54.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 93.5% | 80.4% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 88.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 79.4% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | Coming soon | 80.1% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 61.7 (Supported · #34/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.1% | 90.5% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| HLE | 64.5% | 34.7% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| HLE w/o tools | 59% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 90.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.6% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE Multilingual | 92.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 71.3 (#1/7)

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 97.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 96.4% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 38.966% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 14.580% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Mythos 5 or Kimi K2.6?

Claude Mythos 5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Mythos 5 and Kimi K2.6?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 85.1 for Claude Mythos 5 and 64 for Kimi K2.6.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Mythos 5 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Mythos 5 currently has 15 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K2.6 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K2.6 currently has 37 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Claude Mythos 5 vs Claude Mythos 5.1](/compare/claude-mythos-5-vs-claude-mythos-5-1)
- [Kimi K2.6 vs Claude Mythos 5.1](/compare/claude-mythos-5-1-vs-kimi-2-6)
- [Claude Mythos 5 vs Claude Mythos Preview](/compare/claude-mythos-5-vs-claude-mythos-preview)
- [Kimi K2.6 vs Claude Mythos Preview](/compare/claude-mythos-preview-vs-kimi-2-6)

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