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How smart is Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is a model from Moonshot, released on Apr 20, 2026. Its SI-IQ is 121 (90% interval 118–124), estimated from 10 benchmark results by 2 evaluators. Its strongest area is Math and its weakest is Reasoning.

Data as of Oct 18, 2026 · method 1.0.0

Every benchmark result we used

Each score is one value exactly as the source published it: for Epoch AI the best of its run settings, for OpenRouter the median hosting provider (the developer's own hosting when it ran the test). “Implied SI-IQ” is the ability that this single result points to; the overall SI-IQ is their precision-weighted average.

Human preference (Arena)

On the Arena leaderboard, where people vote between two anonymous answers, Kimi K2.6 has a rating of 1,461 (1,456–1,465) from 40,013 votes (published Oct 15, 2026). Human preference is a different measure from benchmark ability and is not part of SI-IQ. Arena (Hugging Face)

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Computed with SI-IQ method version 1.0.0. Read the full methodology

Data sources: Arena leaderboard dataset on Hugging Face (CC BY 4.0); Epoch AI, ‘Capabilities & benchmarking’ (CC BY 4.0); LiteLLM, model_prices_and_context_window.json (MIT); Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai), licensed under CC BY 4.0: reuse and republish with attribution to OpenRouter (licences and changes).