Noometry

Model comparison

Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #71 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.6 scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 3 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.6 leads 57.0 to 40.1.
  • Kimi K2.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Kimi K2.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderMoonshot AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index47.745.3
Released2026-04-20—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.95—
Output $ / M tokens$4—
Results tracked5117

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding14881487
SWE-bench Verified76.7%—
LMArena WebDev1509—
SciCode53.5%—
WeirdML55.9%—
ALE-Bench1,093—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
OSWorld 2.04.6%—
ExploitBench18.4%—
GBAEval0.9%—
GDP.pdf12%—
Vending-Bench 26,205—

Reasoning Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts14701483
NYT Connections (extended)87.2%—
CritPt8%—
Chess Puzzles26%—
EBR-Bench2.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles18%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA37.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.05—

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math14751474
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 425.6%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions72.9%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202596.1%—
ProofBench16%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert14911489
GPQA Diamond90.8%—
SimpleQA Verified34.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1283—
Blueprint-Bench 23.9%—
Furniture Assembly21.7%—
LMArena Document1451—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14461465
LMArena Chinese15211534
LMArena French14711484
LMArena German14501487
LMArena Japanese14431495
LMArena Korean14271438
LMArena Russian14461471
LMArena Spanish14641470

Instruction Following Too close to call

Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14511467

Long Context Too close to call

Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query14681476

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text14551470
LMArena Creative Writing14341464
LMArena Multi-Turn14531478
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1725—
EQ-Bench 41202—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.6 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.6 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.6 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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