Model comparison
Kimi K3 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K3 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K3 leads 74.2 to 40.1.
- Kimi K3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Kimi K3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 59.5 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2026-07-16 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 1.05M | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $3 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $15 | — |
| Results tracked | 53 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K3 leads
Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1508 | 1487 |
| DeepSWE | 68.5% | — |
| FrontierCode | 44.2% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1654 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 25.9% | — |
| SciCode | 59.5% | — |
| WeirdML | 82.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,524 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 50.6% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 37.1% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 32% | — |
| GBAEval | 48.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 19% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,165 | — |
Reasoning Kimi K3 leads
Kimi K3: 63.0 (#17), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1496 | 1483 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | — |
| SimpleBench | 60.7% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 93.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 94.5% | — |
| CritPt | 23.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 39% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 26% | — |
| DTBench | 91.2% | — |
| LMCA | 52.7% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 95% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 157.45 | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.1 | — |
Math Kimi K3 leads
Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1491 | 1474 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 72.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 39% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 87.8% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 97.2% | — |
| ProofBench | 87% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K3 leads
Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1521 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | 93.1% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 50.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 29.5% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 34.2% | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1466 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1529 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1491 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1488 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1487 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1458 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1482 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1472 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1483 | 1467 |
Long Context Too close to call
Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1494 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads
Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1476 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1454 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1488 | 1478 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 2082 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1339 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K3 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Kimi K3 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K3 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K3 has 53 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.