# Kimi K2.6 vs MAI-Thinking-1

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-2-6-vs-mai-thinking-1
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K2.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MAI-Thinking-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 65.3 to 52.27.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 61.7 for Kimi K2.6 and 53.3 for MAI-Thinking-1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 66.7% and 46%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.6 | MAI-Thinking-1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | Microsoft |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 65.3 | 52.27 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.95 / $4.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 46.1 (Estimated · #88/151)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.7 (Estimated · #53/151)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | 46% | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 51.6 (Supported · #62/183)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #60/183)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | 73.5% | Kimi K2.6 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 89.6% | 87.7% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.6% | 52.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE Multilingual | 76.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 52.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | 46.0% | Kimi K2.6 |
| 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: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 64 (#26/48)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MAI-Thinking-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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 61.7 (Supported · #34/181)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 53.3 (Estimated · #68/181)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.5% | 84.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| GPQA-D | 90.5% | 84.2% | 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 |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 31% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#1/120)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 71.3 (#1/7)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 96.4% | 94.5% | Kimi K2.6 |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 92.7% | 84.9% | 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 |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 97% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K2.6 or MAI-Thinking-1?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K2.6 and MAI-Thinking-1?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 61.7 for Kimi K2.6 and 53.3 for MAI-Thinking-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 MAI-Thinking-1 cover on BenchLM?

MAI-Thinking-1 currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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