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Kimi K2.6 vs GPT-5.6 Sol

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.6
OpenAI
GPT-5.6 Sol
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateApr 21 2026Jun 26 2026
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
65%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.2%
Science
GPQA Diamond
90.5%
Timeline
Release gapKimi K2.6 shipped 66 days before GPT-5.6 Sol

Which is better: Kimi K2.6 or GPT-5.6 Sol?

Kimi K2.6 and GPT-5.6 Sol don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Kimi K2.6 shipped 66 days before GPT-5.6 Sol, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2.6 is open weight, while GPT-5.6 Sol is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Kimi K2.6 and GPT-5.6 Sol don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Kimi K2.6 was released by Moonshot AI on Apr 21 2026.

GPT-5.6 Sol was released by OpenAI on Jun 26 2026.

Kimi K2.6 is an open weight model released by Moonshot AI. GPT-5.6 Sol is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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