Noometry

Model comparison

Kimi K2.6 vs QwQ-32B

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.5

Rank #52 Confirmed

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.4

Rank #153 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.6 scores higher in 7 categories and QwQ-32B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.6 leads 56.8 to 36.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 96.1% for Kimi K2.6 and 59.2% for QwQ-32B.

Side by side

Kimi K2.6QwQ-32B
ProviderMoonshot AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index47.539.4
Released2026-04-202024-11-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.95—
Output $ / M tokens$4—
Results tracked5136

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 50.5 (#41), QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6QwQ-32B
LMArena Coding14881333
SWE-bench Verified76.7%—
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
LMArena WebDev1509—
SciCode53.5%—
WeirdML55.9%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%
ALE-Bench1,093—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 21.8 (#128), QwQ-32B: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6QwQ-32B
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), QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6QwQ-32B
Chess Puzzles26%5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14701326
Epoch Capabilities Index151.03137.6
NYT Connections (extended)87.2%—
CritPt8%—
EBR-Bench2.4%—
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles18%—
DTBench90.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
LMCA37.3%—
ForecastBench—58.3
LiveBench—72%

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 56.8 (#34), QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6QwQ-32B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202596.1%59.2%
LMArena Math14751359
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 425.6%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions72.9%—
ProofBench16%—
LiveBench Math—77.8%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 53.9 (#48), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6QwQ-32B
GPQA Diamond90.8%65.3%
LMArena Expert14911323
SimpleQA Verified34.9%—
Confabulations—15.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 31.8 (#95), QwQ-32B: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6QwQ-32B
LMArena Vision1282—
Blueprint-Bench 23.9%—
Furniture Assembly21.7%—
LMArena Document1451—

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 55.1 (#35), QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6QwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English14461306
LMArena Chinese15211378
LMArena French14711337
LMArena German14491313
LMArena Japanese14421263
LMArena Korean14281278
LMArena Russian14461297
LMArena Spanish14631353

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 76.5 (#40), QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6QwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following14511297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%

Long Context QwQ-32B leads

Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#50), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6QwQ-32B
LMArena Longer Query14681308
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 68.7 (#25), QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6QwQ-32B
LMArena Text14551329
LMArena Creative Writing14341288
EQ-Bench Creative Writing17251257
LMArena Multi-Turn14531314
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench 41202—
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.6 better than QwQ-32B?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.6 or QwQ-32B better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.5 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.6 and QwQ-32B share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.6 has 51 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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