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Grok 4.3vsKimi K2.6
Kimi K2.6 leads 6 of 6 shared benchmarks. Grok 4.3 has the larger context window (1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 6
Kimi K2.6 leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
Grok 4.3
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
— · 100%
xAI · Moonshot AI
Grok 4.3
xAI
textvision
Kimi K2.6
Moonshot AI · released 2026-04-20
textvision
- Context
- 256K
- Max out
- —
- Input /1M
- —
- Output /1M
- —
- Cached /1M
- —
- Scores
- 14 · 8 core
Quality
Benchmark matrix
6 shared · 0 only Grok 4.3 · 8 only Kimi K2.6| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Kimi K2.6 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 6 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 88.8% ↗epoch | 90.8% ↗epoch | -2 pt | Kimi K2.6 |
| LMArena Elo | 1397.7 ↗ | 1454.9 ↗ | -57.2 | Kimi K2.6 |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 14.6% ↗epoch | 25.6% ↗epoch | -11 pt | Kimi K2.6 |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 42.8% ↗epoch | 57.2% ↗epoch | -14.4 pt | Kimi K2.6 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 93.3% ↗epoch | 96.1% ↗epoch | -2.8 pt | Kimi K2.6 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 33.2% ↗epoch | 34.9% ↗epoch | -1.7 pt | Kimi K2.6 |
| Only Grok 4.3 reports · 0 | ||||
| Grok 4.3 reports nothing Kimi K2.6 does not. | ||||
| Only Kimi K2.6 reports · 8 | ||||
| AIME 2026 | not reported | 95.8% ↗matharena ⚠ | — | — |
| 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% ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 76.7% ↗epoch | — | — |
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 Grok 4.3 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 | Grok 4.3 | Kimi K2.6 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 256K tokens | Grok 4.3 |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $1.25 ↗ | — | — |
| Output price / 1M | $2.5 ↗ | — | — |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.2 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $3.75 | — | — |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | — | 2026-04-20 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 6 | 14 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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