# Kimi K2.6 vs MiniMax M1 80k

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K2.6 and MiniMax M1 80k across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-2-6-vs-minimax-m1-80k
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Kimi K2.6 and MiniMax M1 80k share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- MiniMax M1 80k has the lower published output-token price.
- Kimi K2.6 has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.6 | MiniMax M1 80k |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | MiniMax |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 80K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 58.4 | 27.58 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.95 / $4.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 44.3 (Supported · #59/128)
- MiniMax M1 80k public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiniMax M1 80k | 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: 43.1 (Supported · #58/150)
- MiniMax M1 80k public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiniMax M1 80k | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | 56% | Kimi K2.6 |
| 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 |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 65% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M1 80k public-lane score: 68.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiniMax M1 80k | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 61.5% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 73.8 (#27/54)
- MiniMax M1 80k public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiniMax M1 80k | 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: 60.3 (Supported · #49/184)
- MiniMax M1 80k public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiniMax M1 80k | 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 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 76.8 (#4/12)
- MiniMax M1 80k public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiniMax M1 80k | 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) | 57.193% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 25.641% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 86% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 76.9% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 96.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Kimi K2.6 and MiniMax M1 80k?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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.

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