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Claude Opus 4.1 vs Kimi K2.6

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.6
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateAug 5 2025Apr 21 2026
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
80.9%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
74.5%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude Opus 4.1 shipped 259 days before Kimi K2.6

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.1 or Kimi K2.6?

Claude Opus 4.1 leads Kimi K2.6 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude Opus 4.1 shipped 259 days before Kimi K2.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4.1 released?
Claude Opus 4.1 was released by Anthropic on Aug 5 2025.
When was Kimi K2.6 released?
Kimi K2.6 was released by Moonshot AI on Apr 21 2026.

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