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Kimi K2.6 vs o3-mini-high

Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 vs OpenAI o3-mini-high — side-by-side specs.

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.6
OpenAI
o3-mini-high
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateApr 21 2026Jan 31 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapo3-mini-high shipped 445 days before Kimi K2.6

Which is better: Kimi K2.6 or o3-mini-high?

Kimi K2.6 and o3-mini-high do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. o3-mini-high shipped 445 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 o3-mini-high released?
o3-mini-high was released by OpenAI on Jan 31 2025.

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