DeepSeek DeepSeek V3 Base vs Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 — side-by-side specs.
DeepSeek DeepSeek V3 Base | Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | DeepSeek | Moonshot AI |
| Release date | Dec 2024 | Apr 21 2026 |
| Model type | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 1T |
Context window | — | 256k |
| Benchmarks | ||
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | — | 80.2% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | — | 90.5% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | DeepSeek V3 Base shipped 506 days before Kimi K2.6 | |
DeepSeek V3 Base and Kimi K2.6 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. DeepSeek V3 Base shipped 506 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 — DeepSeek V3 Base and Kimi K2.6 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.