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MiniMax: MiniMax M3 vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-09-23.
| MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | minimax | moonshotai |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 47.2 | 65.3 |
| Input Price | $0.30/M | $0.95/M |
| Output Price | $1.20/M | $4.00/M |
| Context Window | 1,048,576 | 262,144 |
| Max Output | 512,000 | 235,929 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 48.2 | 44.5 |
| eqbench | - | 76.6 |
Who wins by task?
| Task | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 139 | 141 |
| Code Review | 141 | 144 |
| Code Completion | 132 | 131 |
| Code Refactoring | 143 | 144 |
| Bug Fixing | 145 | 148 |
| Unit Test Generation | 129 | 131 |
| Code Documentation | 136 | 135 |
| Regex Writing | 124 | 126 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 125 | 127 |
| Frontend Component Design | 127 | 130 |
| Data Analysis | 131 | 135 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 135 | 134 |
| ETL Scripting | 134 | 136 |
| JSON Extraction | 131 | 131 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 129 | 128 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 133 | 132 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 133 | 132 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 145 | 146 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 126 | 126 |
| Blog Post Writing | 127 | 129 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →
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