# Kimi K2.6 vs Ling 2.6 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K2.6 and Ling 2.6 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Kimi K2.6 and Ling 2.6 Flash.

## Summary

- Kimi K2.6 and Ling 2.6 Flash do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 2.6 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | InclusionAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 65.3 | 43.68 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.95 / $4.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 46.1 (Estimated · #88/151)
- Ling 2.6 Flash public-lane score: 39.9 (Estimated · #122/151)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 2.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 51.6 (Supported · #62/183)
- Ling 2.6 Flash public-lane score: 42.7 (Estimated · #127/183)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 2.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 89.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 76.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 52.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 37.89% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 47.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 63.2 (#26/48)
- Ling 2.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 2.6 Flash | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 2.6 Flash public-lane score: 41.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 61.7 (Supported · #34/181)
- Ling 2.6 Flash public-lane score: 41.4 (Estimated · #132/181)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 2.6 Flash | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 2.6 Flash public-lane score: 46.6 (#86/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 71.3 (#1/7)
- Ling 2.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 2.6 Flash | 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

### Can I compare Kimi K2.6 and Ling 2.6 Flash on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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## Explore More

- [Kimi K2.6 profile](/models/kimi-2-6)
- [Ling 2.6 Flash profile](/models/ling-2-6-flash)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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