BenchLeader

GPT-5.4 vs Kimi K2.6

Verdict
  • GPT-5.4 leads on quality: 63.5 vs 60.7.
  • GPT-5.4 is stronger in agents & tools, composite, human preference, knowledge, long context, multimodal.
  • Kimi K2.6 is stronger in coding, instruction following, reasoning, maths.
  • Kimi K2.6 is 3.3× cheaper ($1.71 vs $5.63 per 1M blended).
  • GPT-5.4 streams 2.9× faster (129 vs 44 tokens per second).
MetricGPT-5.4Kimi K2.6
BenchLeader Index63.560.7
Agents & tools score66.245.1
Coding score51.660.4
Composite score78.368.6
Human preference score64.760.8
Instruction following score71.973.7
Knowledge score66.958.6
Long context score67.667.1
Multimodal score64.063.7
Reasoning score62.666.0
Maths score53.8
Blended price $/M$5.63$1.71
Output speed129 tok/s44 tok/s
Time to first answer124.6 s103.2 s
Context window1.1M262k
GPQA Diamond90.8%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–357.2%
FrontierMath Tier 425.6%
OTIS Mock AIME96.1%
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch)76.7%
SimpleQA Verified34.9%
Terminal-Bench81.8%
OSWorld-Verified 2.04.6%
SciCode53.5%
WeirdML55.9%
APEX-Agents34.9%18.9%
ProofBench16.0%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.9151.0
LMArena Text14661461
LMArena Hard Prompts14881485
LMArena Coding15141514
LMArena WebDev13861509
LMArena Vision12931281
AA Intelligence Index39.031.3
IFBench74.0%76.0%
AA-LCR82.0%81.0%
MMMU-Pro78.4%79.4%
AA-Omniscience5.85.3
Terminal-Bench Hard57.6%43.9%
GPQA Diamond (AA)92.0%91.1%
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)43.7%37.5%
SciCode (AA)51.5%
τ²-Bench Telecom (AA)87.1%95.9%
LiveCodeBench86.8%
MMLU-Pro87.6%
LegalBench84.7%
CorpFin66.7%
TaxEval74.7%
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)53.6%
SWE-bench (Vals)76.2%
GPQA Diamond (Vals)89.1%
Vals Index43.5
HiL-Bench9.7%18.7%
EQ-Bench 412721202
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%

Data as of 2026-09-10. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.

GPT-5.4 vs Kimi K2.6: questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Kimi K2.6?
GPT-5.4 leads on quality: 63.5 vs 60.7. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; GPT-5.4 is ahead overall as of 2026-09-10, but check the category scores for your use.
Is GPT-5.4 better than Kimi K2.6 for coding?
Kimi K2.6 scores higher in coding (60 vs 52 on the category index, where 50 is average).
Is GPT-5.4 better than Kimi K2.6 for agentic tasks?
GPT-5.4 scores higher in agentic tasks (66 vs 45 on the category index, where 50 is average).
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 or Kimi K2.6?
Kimi K2.6 is cheaper: $1.71 against $5.63 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
Which is faster, GPT-5.4 or Kimi K2.6?
GPT-5.4 streams faster: 129 against 44 output tokens per second.
Which has the larger context window?
GPT-5.4 accepts more context: 1.1M against 262k tokens.