Kimi K2.6 vs NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Super-VL-120B-A12B-BF16
Wins 4 of 5 areas
Coding · Agents · Images and charts · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 5 areas
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Kimi K2.6 is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 15 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the five areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software50Kimi K2.65 of 5 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own20Kimi K2.62 of 2 tests
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video10Kimi K2.61 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Kimi K2.61 of 1 test
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking11Even1 each
Images and charts and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Kimi K2.6 pulls ahead
- Completes tasks by operating a computer desktopOSWorld-Verified+22points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in Python projectsSWE-bench Verified+9.1points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in many programming languagesSWE-bench Multilingual+9points ahead
Where NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Super-VL-120B-A12B-BF16 pulls ahead
- Research-level physics problemsCritPt+2.9points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 15 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingKimi K2.6
- SWE-bench VerifiedKimi K2.6 by 9.180.271.1+9.1
- SWE-bench MultilingualKimi K2.6 by 976.767.7+9
- SWE-bench ProKimi K2.6 by 6.858.651.8+6.8
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Kimi K2.6 by 5.265.960.7+5.2
- LiveCodeBench v6Kimi K2.6 by 1.489.688.2+1.4
AgentsKimi K2.6
- OSWorld-VerifiedKimi K2.6 by 2273.151.1+22
- BrowseCompKimi K2.6 by 8.386.378+8.3
ReasoningEven
- CritPtNVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Super-VL-120B-A12B-BF16 by 2.9810.9+2.9
- GPQA DiamondKimi K2.6 by 1.691.189.5+1.6
Other results4 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- BabyVisionKimi K2.6 by 38.968.529.6+38.9
- MATH-VisionKimi K2.6 by 1593.278.2+15
- GDPval-AA v2NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Super-VL-120B-A12B-BF16 by 21 rating points11901211+21 rating
- τ³-Bench BankingKimi K2.6 by 1.720.618.9+1.7
Questions people ask
Which is better, Kimi K2.6 or NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Super-VL-120B-A12B-BF16?
Kimi K2.6 wins four of the five areas where both have results: coding, agents, images and charts and following instructions. NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Super-VL-120B-A12B-BF16 wins none. They are level on reasoning.
Which is better for coding?
Kimi K2.6. It wins 5 of the 5 coding tests both models report; NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Super-VL-120B-A12B-BF16 wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 15 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 11 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 4 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.