Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 vs OpenAI: o1 benchmark

Name: MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 vs OpenAI: o1 AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot) and OpenAI: o1 (OpenAI) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 wins on output price at $4/1M. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 has the larger context window (262k tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Moonshot

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (moonshotai/kimi-k2.6). Preview until a second source matches.

$4/1M out

OpenAI

OpenAI: o1

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (openai/o1). Preview until a second source matches.

Elo 1,512$60/1M out

OpenAI: o1 Inference Compute Profile

Inference-Time Compute & Reasoning EffortDynamic CoT

OpenAI: o1 Reasoning Scaler & Token Billing Simulator

Param: reasoning_effort

Reasoning models scale test-time compute by generating hidden chain-of-thought (CoT) tokens. These tokens are billed at standard output rates and directly expand latency (TTFT) in exchange for higher GPQA Diamond and SWE-bench Verified problem resolve rates.

Estimated TTFT

420 ms

1.0x (Standard eval)

CoT Thinking Tokens

~1,500

Billed as output tokens

Est. Cost / 1k Calls

$115.50

4.5x base invoice

STEM / SWE Boost

+4.5%

GPQA & SWE-bench scaling

Medium (Standard) Operational Profile

Default evaluation baseline balancing reasoning depth with stream rate.

Direct Provider APIOpenAI

"reasoning_effort": "medium"

OpenRouter Unified APIUnified Gateway

"reasoning": {
  "effort": "medium",
  "max_tokens": 1500
}

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 (3)vsOpenAI: o1 (7)

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6: 3W (30%)Overall: OpenAI: o1OpenAI: o1: 7W (70%)

← MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6OpenAI: o1 →

OpenAI: o1 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

—vs1,512

Coding Elo

—vs1,485

SWE-bench

—vs48.9%

LiveBench

—vs65.4%

GPQA Diamond

—vs78%

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6: 0WOpenAI: o1: 5W

OpenAI: o1 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

—vs45 tok/s

Time to first token

—vs420 ms

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6: 0WOpenAI: o1: 2W

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$4/1Mvs$60/1M

Input price

$0.95/1Mvs$15/1M

Context window

262kvs200k

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6: 3WOpenAI: o1: 0W

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Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageOpenAI: o1 4/6

Preference Elo

No shared data

Throughput Speed

No shared data

Token Price Efficiency

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

$56.00/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

—

EloHigh is better

1,512

Code Elo

High is better

—

Code EloHigh is better

1,485

LiveBench

High is better

—

LiveBenchHigh is better

65.4%

SWE-bench

High is better

—

SWE-benchHigh is better

48.9%

GPQA

High is better

—

GPQAHigh is better

78%

TTFT

Low is better

—

TTFTLow is better

420 ms

Speed

High is better

—

SpeedHigh is better

45 tok/s

In $

Low is better

+1479%$0.95 / 1M

In $Low is better

$15.00 / 1M

Out $

Low is better

+1400%$4.00 / 1M

Out $Low is better

$60.00 / 1M

Context

High is better

+31%262k

ContextHigh is better

200k

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 93% with MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

Quick Presets:

Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6$93.25 / mo

In: $33.25Out: $60

OpenAI: o1$1,425.00 / mo

In: $525Out: $900

Estimated Cost Delta

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 is estimated to save $1,331.75/month ($15,981/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6:Pick MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatMoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

Lower output list price ($4/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGMoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visionOpenAI: o1

OpenAI: o1 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6	Lower output list price ($4/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6	Larger window (262k).
Screenshots / vision	OpenAI: o1	OpenAI: o1 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Moonshot

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost$4/1M

OpenAI

OpenAI: o1

Elo 1,512

LiveBench65.4%

SWE-bench48.9%

Speed45 tok/s

Output cost$60/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 or OpenAI: o1?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 or OpenAI: o1?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 output tokens are $4/1M versus $60/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 or OpenAI: o1?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 accepts 262k tokens versus 200k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 and OpenAI: o1 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 vs OpenAI: o1 benchmark

Interactive Comparison Diagram

Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 (3)vsOpenAI: o1 (7)

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6: 3W (30%)Overall: OpenAI: o1OpenAI: o1: 7W (70%)

← MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6OpenAI: o1 →

OpenAI: o1 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

—vs1,512

Coding Elo

—vs1,485

SWE-bench

—vs48.9%

LiveBench

—vs65.4%

GPQA Diamond

—vs78%

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6: 0WOpenAI: o1: 5W

OpenAI: o1 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

—vs45 tok/s

Time to first token

—vs420 ms

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6: 0WOpenAI: o1: 2W

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$4/1Mvs$60/1M

Input price

$0.95/1Mvs$15/1M

Context window

262kvs200k

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6: 3WOpenAI: o1: 0W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatMoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

Lower output list price ($4/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGMoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visionOpenAI: o1

OpenAI: o1 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6	Lower output list price ($4/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6	Larger window (262k).
Screenshots / vision	OpenAI: o1	OpenAI: o1 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 or OpenAI: o1?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 or OpenAI: o1?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 output tokens are $4/1M versus $60/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 or OpenAI: o1?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 accepts 262k tokens versus 200k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 and OpenAI: o1 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.