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Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) vs Kimi K2.6

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 13 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Margin
0.2pts
winning →
Moonshot AI
56.79/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) #76 (Supported); Kimi K2.6 #74 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) and Kimi K2.6 share 13 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 0 results are unique to Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning); 38 to Kimi K2.6.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
13
Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) only
0
Kimi K2.6 only
38
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) and Kimi K2.6 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 13 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) has the larger context window at 2M, compared with 256K for Kimi K2.6.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) and Kimi K2.6
CategoryGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)ΔKimi K2.6
AgenticGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.673.5
CodingGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.664.4
KnowledgeGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.642.2
MathGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.667.1
MultimodalGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.679.8

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Kimi K2.6Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not availableKimi K2.6$0.95 input / $4 outputA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not availableKimi K2.6Not availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not availableKimi K2.6Not availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)2MKimi K2.6256KGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning) lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Kimi K2.6Result
τ²-bench resultsSource 65.8%95.9%Kimi K2.6 leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 66.7%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 83.2%Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 73.1%Not comparable
ToolathlonSource 50%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 55.9%Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 62.3%Not comparable
DeepSearchQASource 92.5%Not comparable
WideResearchSource 80.8%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 30.3%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 34.5%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1189Not comparable
APEX-Agents-AASource 28.5%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 56.82%Not comparable
ResearchClawBenchSource 18.0%Not comparable
OSWorld 2.0Source 4.6%Not comparable
terminalBenchHardSource 43.9%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Kimi K2.6Result
Vibe Code BenchSource 0.00%37.89%Kimi K2.6 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 44.2%53.5%Kimi K2.6 leads
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 80.2%Not comparable
LiveCodeBench v6Source 89.6%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 58.6%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 76.7%Not comparable
SciCodeSource 52.2%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 66.7%Not comparable
cursorBench31Source 47.6%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 61.8%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Kimi K2.6Result
AA-LCRSource 64.7%69.7%Kimi K2.6 leads
CritPtSource 2.9%8.0%Kimi K2.6 leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Kimi K2.6Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 27.4%44.2%Kimi K2.6 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 84.7%91.1%Kimi K2.6 leads
AA-HLESource 17.0%35.9%Kimi K2.6 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -28.4%6.4%Kimi K2.6 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 22.6%32.8%Kimi K2.6 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 66.0%39.3%Kimi K2.6 leads
GPQASource 90.5%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 90.5%Not comparable
HLESource 34.7%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Kimi K2.6Result
AIME26Source 96.4%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source 92.7%Not comparable
MMAnswerBenchSource 86.0%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 38.966%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 14.580%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Kimi K2.6Result
AA-MMMU-ProSource 61.8%79.4%Kimi K2.6 leads
MMMU-ProSource 79.4%Not comparable
MMMU-Pro w/ PythonSource 80.1%Not comparable
CharXivSource 80.4%Not comparable
MathVisionSource 87.4%Not comparable
V*Source 96.9%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1306Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Kimi K2.6Result
AA-IFBenchSource 50.5%76.0%Kimi K2.6 leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) and Kimi K2.6 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) and Kimi K2.6 today?

Kimi K2.6: $0.95 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning)
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Kimi K2.6
API / mo$3,713
Self-host / mo$18,221
Break-even326M/day
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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