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DeepSeek V4 ProvsKimi K2.6
DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 5 of 8 shared benchmarks. DeepSeek V4 Pro has the larger context window (1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
5 – 3
DeepSeek V4 Pro leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
DeepSeek V4 Pro
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
DeepSeek · Moonshot AI
DeepSeek V4 Pro
DeepSeek · released 2026-08-13
text
Kimi K2.6
Moonshot AI · released 2026-04-20
textvision
- Context
- 256K
- Max out
- —
- Input /1M
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- Output /1M
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- Cached /1M
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- Scores
- 14 · 8 core
Quality
Benchmark matrix
8 shared · 3 only DeepSeek V4 Pro · 6 only Kimi K2.6| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Kimi K2.6 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 8 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% ↗epoch | 90.8% ↗epoch | +0.1 pt | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| AIME 2026 | 96.7% ↗matharena ⚠ | 95.8% ↗matharena ⚠ | +0.9 pt | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| LMArena Elo | 1450.6 ↗ | 1454.9 ↗ | -4.3 | Kimi K2.6 |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 2.4% ↗epoch | 25.6% ↗epoch | -23.2 pt | Kimi K2.6 |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 45.3% ↗epoch | 57.2% ↗epoch | -11.9 pt | Kimi K2.6 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 96.7% ↗epoch | 96.1% ↗epoch | +0.6 pt | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| SimpleQA Verified | 47% ↗epoch | 34.9% ↗epoch | +12.1 pt | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 77.6% ↗epoch | 76.7% ↗epoch | +0.9 pt | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| Only DeepSeek V4 Pro reports · 3 | ||||
| DeepSWE v1.1 | 62.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (with tools) | 60% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 87.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Kimi K2.6 reports · 6 | ||||
| Kimi Claw 24/7 Bench | not reported | 42.9% ↗ | — | — |
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | not reported | 50.9% ↗ | — | — |
| MCP-Atlas | not reported | 69.4% ↗ | — | — |
| MCPMark-Verified | not reported | 72.8% ↗ | — | — |
| MLS-Bench-Lite | not reported | 26.7% ↗ | — | — |
| ProgramBench | not reported | 48.3% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is DeepSeek V4 Pro minus Kimi K2.6 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Kimi K2.6 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 256K tokens | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| Max output | 384K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.435 ↗ | — | — |
| Output price / 1M | $0.87 ↗ | — | — |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.004 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $1.31 | — | — |
| Modalities | text | text · vision | Kimi K2.6 |
| Released | 2026-08-13 | 2026-04-20 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 11 | 14 | — |
Reliability
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