# Kimi K2.6 vs Ling 3.0 Flash FP8

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K2.6 and Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-2-6-vs-ling-3-0-flash-fp8
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Kimi K2.6 and Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 has the lower published output-token price.
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 has the larger published context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | InclusionAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 65.5 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 4 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.95 / $4.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 46.7 (Supported · #78/154)
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | 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: 50.7 (Supported · #58/154)
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | 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% | 40.4% | Kimi K2.6 |
| 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: 63.9 (#26/48)
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 61.3 (Supported · #32/184)
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.5% | 84% | Kimi K2.6 |
| GPQA-D | 90.5% | 84.0% | Kimi K2.6 |
| 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 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: 69.7 (#65/124)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 71 (#1/7)
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | 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

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Kimi K2.6 and Ling 3.0 Flash FP8?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [Kimi K2.6 vs Ling 3.0 Flash](/compare/kimi-2-6-vs-ling-3-0-flash)
- [Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 vs Ling 3.0 Flash](/compare/ling-3-0-flash-vs-ling-3-0-flash-fp8)
- [Kimi K2.6 vs Ling 3.0 Flash VL](/compare/kimi-2-6-vs-ling-3-0-flash-vl)
- [Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 vs Ling 3.0 Flash VL](/compare/ling-3-0-flash-fp8-vs-ling-3-0-flash-vl)

## Explore More

- [Kimi K2.6 profile](/models/kimi-2-6)
- [Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 profile](/models/ling-3-0-flash-fp8)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)