Noometry

Model comparison

Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen Max

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.5

Rank #52 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.4

Rank #226 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.6 leads 56.8 to 21.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 96.1% for Kimi K2.6 and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
  • Kimi K2.6 is cheaper at $0.95 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
  • Kimi K2.6 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 33K.
  • Kimi K2.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Kimi K2.6Qwen Max
ProviderMoonshot AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index47.534.4
Released2026-04-202024-04-03
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K33K
Max output262K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.95$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$4$6.40
Results tracked5123

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 50.5 (#41), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen Max
LMArena Coding14881288
SWE-bench Verified76.7%—
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
LMArena WebDev1509—
SciCode53.5%—
WeirdML55.9%—
ALE-Bench1,093—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 21.8 (#128), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen Max
OSWorld 2.04.6%—
ExploitBench18.4%—
GBAEval0.9%—
GDP.pdf12%—
Vending-Bench 26,205—

Reasoning Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 39.6 (#51), Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14701270
NYT Connections (extended)87.2%—
CritPt8%—
Chess Puzzles26%—
EBR-Bench2.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles18%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA37.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.03—

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 56.8 (#34), Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202596.1%16.1%
LMArena Math14751275
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 425.6%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions72.9%—
ProofBench16%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 53.9 (#48), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen Max
GPQA Diamond90.8%56.1%
LMArena Expert14911248
SimpleQA Verified34.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 31.8 (#95), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen Max
LMArena Vision1282—
Blueprint-Bench 23.9%—
Furniture Assembly21.7%—
LMArena Document1451—

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 55.1 (#35), Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen Max
LMArena Non-English14461263
LMArena Chinese15211254
LMArena French14711329
LMArena German14491254
LMArena Japanese14421205
LMArena Korean14281141
LMArena Russian14461274
LMArena Spanish14631290

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 76.5 (#40), Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14511262

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#50), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen Max
LMArena Longer Query14681289
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 68.7 (#25), Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen Max
LMArena Text14551282
LMArena Creative Writing14341248
LMArena Multi-Turn14531277
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1725—
EQ-Bench 41202—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.6 better than Qwen Max?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.6 or Qwen Max?

Kimi K2.6 is cheaper. It lists at $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

Is Kimi K2.6 or Qwen Max better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.5 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Kimi K2.6 does, with 262K tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.6 and Qwen Max share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.6 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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