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Kimi K3 vs MiMo V2.6 Pro

Moonshot · released

Wins 1 of 5 areas

Long documents

Xiaomi · released

Wins 3 of 5 areas

Coding · Agents · Reasoning

MiMo V2.6 Pro is the stronger all-rounder.Kimi K3 is better at long documents.

Both rank among the ten best models we track in long documents.

Scores updated · 20 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.

Long documents rests on a single test.

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.

Kimi K3$3.00 to read · $15.00 to write$18Price from Artificial Analysis
MiMo V2.6 Pro$0.43 to read · $0.87 to write$1.30Price from Artificial Analysis

MiMo V2.6 Pro costs 93% less for the same work.

The biggest differences

The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.

Where MiMo V2.6 Pro pulls ahead

  • Complex command-line tasks across many fieldsTerminal-Bench 4.0+22.2points aheadMiMo V2.6 Pro34.8Kimi K312.6
  • Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+12.6points aheadMiMo V2.6 Pro59.4Kimi K346.8
  • Real work tasks from 44 professionsGDPVal+7.5points aheadMiMo V2.6 Pro59.2Kimi K351.7

Where Kimi K3 pulls ahead

  • Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+12.7points aheadKimi K347.6MiMo V2.6 Pro34.9
  • Completes tasks by operating a computer desktopOSWorld-Verified+2.8points aheadKimi K384.8MiMo V2.6 Pro82
  • Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+2.4points aheadKimi K388.7MiMo V2.6 Pro86.3

Every test, side by side

All 20 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingMiMo V2.6 Pro

Full coding ranking

AgentsMiMo V2.6 Pro
  • Terminal-Bench 4.0MiMo V2.6 Pro by 22.212.634.8+22.2
  • GDPValMiMo V2.6 Pro by 7.551.759.2+7.5
  • OSWorld-VerifiedKimi K3 by 2.884.882+2.8

Full agents ranking

ReasoningMiMo V2.6 Pro

Full reasoning ranking

FactsEven

Full facts ranking

Long documentsKimi K3
  • AA-LCRKimi K3 by 2.488.786.3+2.4

Full long documents ranking

Other results9 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.

Questions people ask

Which is better, Kimi K3 or MiMo V2.6 Pro?

MiMo V2.6 Pro wins three of the five areas where both have results: coding, agents and reasoning. Kimi K3 wins long documents. They are level on facts.

Which is better for coding?

MiMo V2.6 Pro. It wins 2 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Kimi K3 wins 1.

Which is cheaper?

Kimi K3 costs $3.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens; MiMo V2.6 Pro costs $0.43 and $0.87. That makes MiMo V2.6 Pro about 93% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 20 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 9 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.