Comparing 2 models

Kimi K2.6 vs Grok 4.5

Facts first, then task-specific rankings. A highlighted cell is better only for that row, not universally.

metric
Model 1Kimi K2.6
Model 2Grok 4.5
Best for
Best Open-Weight LLM for Self-Hosting (#4)
Tool & Function Calling (#5)
Provider
moonshotai
x-ai
Context
262K
500KBest
Input / 1M
$0.68Best
$2
Output / 1M
$3.42Best
$6
Tool use
yesBest
yesBest
Vision
yesBest
yesBest
Reasoning
yesBest
yesBest
Open-weight
yesBest
Released
Apr 20, 2026
Jul 8, 2026