# Kimi K2.6 vs Sage-A1.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K2.6 and Sage-A1.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-2-6-vs-sage-a1-5
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Sage-A1.5 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Sage-A1.5 has the higher overall point estimate 62.95 to 58.34. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 44.2 for Kimi K2.6 and 57.7 for Sage-A1.5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SciCode in Coding, with scores of 52.2% and 44.3%.
- Sage-A1.5 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Sage-A1.5 also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.6 | Sage-A1.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | InternScience |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 58.34 | 62.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 12 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.95 / $4.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 44.2 (Supported · #62/132)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 57.7 (Estimated · #36/132)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.2% | 81.7% | Kimi K2.6 |
| 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 |
| GAIA | Coming soon | 95.1% | Coming soon |
| MLE-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 45.4% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.1 (Supported · #60/153)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 54 (Estimated · #34/153)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 89.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.6% | 61.2% | Sage-A1.5 |
| SWE Multilingual | 76.7% | 72.7% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SciCode | 52.2% | 44.3% | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 73.8 (#27/55)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Sage-A1.5 | 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: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 60.3 (Supported · #49/187)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Sage-A1.5 | 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 |
| FrontierScience Research | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 91.9 (#22/152)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 81.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 76.8 (#4/12)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Sage-A1.5 | 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 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K2.6 or Sage-A1.5?

Sage-A1.5 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K2.6 and Sage-A1.5?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 44.2 for Kimi K2.6 and 57.7 for Sage-A1.5.

### 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 Sage-A1.5 cover on BenchLM?

Sage-A1.5 currently has 12 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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