@eliebakouch: kimi K2.6 vs K2.5, mythos, opus 4.7, and cursor composer 2 (based on K2.5) on every benchmark i could find tl;dr: it's …
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Kimi K2.6 shows strong performance gains over K2.5 and rivals like Mythos and Opus 4.7 across multiple benchmarks.
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kimi K2.6 vs K2.5, mythos, opus 4.7, and cursor composer 2 (based on K2.5) on every benchmark i could find tl;dr: it’s a really really good model
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