# Kimi K2.6 ![Organization](https://img.shields.io/badge/Org-Moonshot-2d9de8) ![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-22c55e) ![Released](https://img.shields.io/badge/Released-Jul%202025-555) > **Quick answer:** Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot AI's July 2025 model scoring 83.2% BrowseComp, 80.2% SWE-Bench Verified, 96.4% AIME 2026, 90.5% GPQA Diamond, and 36.4% HLE. Apache 2.0 — notable BrowseComp leader among open-weight models. ## At a Glance **Where Kimi K2.6 leads** - 83.2% BrowseComp — among the highest BrowseComp scores; near GPT-5.5 (84.4%) - 80.2% SWE-Bench Verified — top-tier software engineering - 96.4% AIME 2026 — near-perfect competition mathematics - 90.5% GPQA Diamond — excellent science reasoning - Apache 2.0 — fully open **Where it lags** - 36.4% HLE — below top frontier models (GLM-5.2: 54.7%, Gemini 3.1 Pro: 46.4%) - 38.7% SimpleQA — moderate factual accuracy - 25.5% LHTB — limited long-horizon task performance **Best for:** Web research agents (BrowseComp); software engineering pipelines (SWE-Bench 80.2%); open-source frontier-class deployments. ## What Kimi K2.6 Is Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot AI's July 2025 major update in the Kimi K2 family — a successive version after K2.5. Kimi K2 is a large MoE model; K2.6 shows substantial improvements on BrowseComp (83.2%) and SWE-Bench (80.2%) over K2.5 (74.9% BrowseComp, 76.8% SWE-Bench). The 83.2% BrowseComp score is exceptional — matching or exceeding GPT-5.5 (84.4%) while being Apache 2.0 open-weight. This makes K2.6 a leading option for web research agent pipelines. ## Specifications | Field | Value | |---|---| | Organization | Moonshot AI | | License | Apache 2.0 | | Release date | July 2025 | | Architecture | MoE | | Modality | Text only | ## Pricing Open weights under Apache 2.0. Also available via Moonshot AI API. ## Public Benchmark Scores | Benchmark | Score | Source | Date | |---|---|---|---| | [BrowseComp](/benchmarks/browsecomp) | 83.2% | Benchgen evaluation | 2025-07 | | [SWE-Bench Verified](/benchmarks/swe-bench-verified) | 80.2% | Benchgen evaluation | 2025-07 | | [AIME 2026](/benchmarks/aime-2026) | 96.4% | Benchgen evaluation | 2025-07 | | [GPQA Diamond](/benchmarks/gpqa-diamond) | 90.5% | Benchgen evaluation | 2025-07 | | [Humanity's Last Exam](/benchmarks/humanitys-last-exam) | 36.4% | Benchgen evaluation | 2025-07 | | [Global MMLU-Lite](/benchmarks/global-mmlu-lite) | 88.4% | Benchgen evaluation | 2025-07 | | [SimpleQA](/benchmarks/simpleqa) | 38.7% | Benchgen evaluation | 2025-07 | ## Kimi K2.6 vs Alternatives | Model | BrowseComp | SWE-Bench | HLE | License | |---|---|---|---|---| | **Kimi K2.6** | 83.2% | 80.2% | 36.4% | Apache 2.0 | | [Kimi K2.5](/models/moonshot/kimi-k2-5) | 74.9% | 76.8% | 24.4% | Apache 2.0 | | [GPT-5.5](/models/openai/gpt-5-5) | 84.4% | — | 41.4% | Proprietary | | [HY3](/models/hungyuan/hy3) | — | 78.0% | — | Proprietary | Kimi K2.6 vs GPT-5.5: near-equal BrowseComp (83.2% vs 84.4%), similar SWE-Bench tier — but Apache 2.0 vs proprietary. K2.6 is the top open-weight option for BrowseComp + SWE benchmarks. ## Related Models & Benchmarks - Compare: [Kimi K2.5](/models/moonshot/kimi-k2-5) · [GPT-5.5](/models/openai/gpt-5-5) · [HY3](/models/hungyuan/hy3) - Benchmarks: [BrowseComp](/benchmarks/browsecomp) · [SWE-Bench Verified](/benchmarks/swe-bench-verified) · [AIME 2026](/benchmarks/aime-2026) ## Frequently Asked Questions

What is Kimi K2.6?

Moonshot AI's July 2025 MoE model scoring 83.2% BrowseComp, 80.2% SWE-Bench Verified, 96.4% AIME 2026, 90.5% GPQA Diamond. Apache 2.0.

How does Kimi K2.6 compare to K2.5?

K2.6 substantially improves BrowseComp (83.2% vs 74.9%), SWE-Bench (80.2% vs 76.8%), AIME (96.4% vs 95.8%), and HLE (36.4% vs 24.4%) vs K2.5. Clear upgrade.

--- *Specs from Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.6 release (July 2025) and Benchgen evaluations. Last updated 2026-07-24.*

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