Model comparison
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Qwen3.5 Max Preview score almost the same on the Noometry Index (45.8 vs 45.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 50.9 to 41.8.
- Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 45.8 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2025-11-06 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | 1487 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1322 | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1428 | 1483 |
| Chess Puzzles | 20% | — |
Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1429 | 1474 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 83.1% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | 84.2% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1398 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1456 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1425 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1390 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1357 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1330 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1391 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1406 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1415 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1374 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1414 | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Qwen3.5 Max Preview score almost the same on the Noometry Index (45.8 vs 45.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.