# Inkling vs Kimi K2.6

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-vs-kimi-2-6
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 17
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Kimi K2.6 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Kimi K2.6 has the higher overall point estimate 58.47 to 52.13. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 58.3 for Inkling and 76.8 for Kimi K2.6.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) in Mathematics, with scores of 33.333% and 57.193%.
- Kimi K2.6 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Inkling also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling | Kimi K2.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 52.13 | 58.47 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 37 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | $0.95 / $4.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.2 (Supported · #72/124)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.7 (Supported · #57/124)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 77.1% | 83.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MCP Atlas | 74.1% | 55.9% | Inkling |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 47.6% | 53.6% | Kimi K2.6 |
| CWE-bench v1 | 37.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 66.7% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 73.1% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 50% | 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 |

### Coding

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Inkling public-lane score: 34 (Supported · #80/149)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.6 (Supported · #55/149)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | 80.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.3% | 58.6% | Kimi K2.6 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 4.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.5% | 86.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.6% | 76.2% | Inkling |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 76.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 52.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 66.7% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 37.89% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | Coming soon | 47.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 79 (#14/29)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Inkling public-lane score: 67.5 (#35/54)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 73.8 (#27/54)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.5% | 79.4% | Kimi K2.6 |
| CharXiv | 82% | 80.4% | Inkling |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 78.1% | Coming soon | 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: Kimi K2.6
- Inkling public-lane score: 54.5 (Supported · #62/181)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 60 (Supported · #48/181)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.9% | 90.5% | Kimi K2.6 |
| GPQA-D | 87.9% | 90.5% | Kimi K2.6 |
| HLE | 46% | 34.7% | Inkling |
| HLE w/o tools | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.1% | 89.1% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | 87.6% | Kimi K2.6 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 87.6 (#35/128)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.3 (#11/12)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 76.8 (#4/12)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | 96.4% | Inkling |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 33.333% | 57.193% | Kimi K2.6 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.878% | 25.641% | Kimi K2.6 |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling or Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Inkling and Kimi K2.6?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 58.3 for Inkling and 76.8 for Kimi K2.6.

### How many benchmarks does Inkling cover on BenchLM?

Inkling currently has 24 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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