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Kimi K2.6 vs GPT-4

Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 vs OpenAI GPT-4 — side-by-side specs.

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.6
OpenAI
GPT-4
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateApr 21 2026Mar 14 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGPT-4 shipped 1134 days before Kimi K2.6

Which is better: Kimi K2.6 or GPT-4?

Kimi K2.6 and GPT-4 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. GPT-4 shipped 1134 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 Kimi K2.6 released?
Kimi K2.6 was released by Moonshot AI on Apr 21 2026.
When was GPT-4 released?
GPT-4 was released by OpenAI on Mar 14 2023.

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