# Kimi K2.6 vs Laguna M.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K2.6 and Laguna M.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-2-6-vs-laguna-m-1
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 10
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K2.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Laguna M.1 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Kimi K2.6 leads overall 65.39 to 3.93.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 61.5 for Kimi K2.6 and 18.6 for Laguna M.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond (Vals) in Knowledge, with scores of 89.1% and 27.0%.
- Laguna M.1 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.6 | Laguna M.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | Poolside |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 65.39 | 3.93 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.95 / $4.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 46.7 (Supported · #74/152)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 23.9 (Estimated · #147/152)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | 45.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| BrowseComp | 83.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 73.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 55.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 62.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 56.82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 4.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.6% | 34.1% | Kimi K2.6 |

### Coding

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 50.8 (Supported · #52/151)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 29.7 (Supported · #140/151)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | 74.6% | Kimi K2.6 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 89.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.6% | 49.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE Multilingual | 76.7% | 63.1% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SciCode | 52.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | 45.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| Vibe Code Bench | 37.89% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 47.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 86.8% | 68.1% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 76.2% | 57.6% | Kimi K2.6 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 64 (#26/48)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 79.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 80.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 96.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 61.5 (Supported · #32/183)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 18.6 (Estimated · #182/183)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Laguna M.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 90.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 34.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 89.1% | 27.0% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.6% | 68.8% | Kimi K2.6 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 71.3 (#1/7)
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

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

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K2.6 or Laguna M.1?

Kimi K2.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K2.6 and Laguna M.1?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 61.5 for Kimi K2.6 and 18.6 for Laguna M.1.

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

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

### How many benchmarks does Laguna M.1 cover on BenchLM?

Laguna M.1 currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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