# Kimi K2.6 vs Ling 3.0 Flash

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-2-6-vs-ling-3-0-flash
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 16
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K2.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ling 3.0 Flash 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 65.3 to 52.2.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 61.7 for Kimi K2.6 and 45.9 for Ling 3.0 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 34.7% and 22.7%.
- Ling 3.0 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Ling 3.0 Flash also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | InclusionAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 65.3 | 52.2 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.95 / $4.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 46.1 (Estimated · #88/151)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 40 (Supported · #121/151)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.2% | 72.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 73.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 55.9% | 65.5% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| Claw-Eval | 62.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 80.8% | 73.6% | Kimi K2.6 |
| 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% | 50.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 44.8% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| DRACO | Coming soon | 70.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 51.6 (Supported · #62/183)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 42.8 (Estimated · #126/183)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 89.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.6% | 56.6% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE Multilingual | 76.7% | 72.4% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SciCode | 52.2% | 41.2% | 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% | 84.0% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 76.2% | 65.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 64 (#26/48)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 3.0 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: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 61.7 (Supported · #34/181)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 45.9 (Supported · #112/181)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.5% | 85.0% | Kimi K2.6 |
| GPQA-D | 90.5% | 85.0% | Kimi K2.6 |
| HLE | 34.7% | 22.7% | Kimi K2.6 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 89.1% | 84.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.6% | 82.0% | Kimi K2.6 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (#58/120)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 74.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 71.3 (#1/7)
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 96.4% | 93.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 92.7% | 87.0% | Kimi K2.6 |
| 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 |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K2.6 or Ling 3.0 Flash?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K2.6 and Ling 3.0 Flash?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 61.7 for Kimi K2.6 and 45.9 for Ling 3.0 Flash.

### 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 Ling 3.0 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Ling 3.0 Flash currently has 22 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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