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Kimi K2.6vsQwen3.8-Max
Qwen3.8-Max leads 6 of 6 shared benchmarks. Qwen3.8-Max has the larger context window (1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 6
Qwen3.8-Max leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
Qwen3.8-Max
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Moonshot AI · Qwen
Kimi K2.6
Moonshot AI · released 2026-04-20
textvision
- Context
- 256K
- Max out
- —
- Input /1M
- —
- Output /1M
- —
- Cached /1M
- —
- Scores
- 14 · 8 core
Qwen3.8-Max
Qwen · released 2026-08-02
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
6 shared · 8 only Kimi K2.6 · 2 only Qwen3.8-Max| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.8-Max | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 6 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 90.8% ↗epoch | 92.6% ↗ | -1.8 pt | Qwen3.8-Max |
| LMArena Elo | 1454.9 ↗ | 1480.6 ↗ | -25.7 | Qwen3.8-Max |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 25.6% ↗epoch | 46.3% ↗epoch | -20.7 pt | Qwen3.8-Max |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 57.2% ↗epoch | 74.7% ↗epoch | -17.5 pt | Qwen3.8-Max |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 96.1% ↗epoch | 99.4% ↗epoch | -3.3 pt | Qwen3.8-Max |
| SimpleQA Verified | 34.9% ↗epoch | 45.8% ↗epoch | -10.9 pt | Qwen3.8-Max |
| Only Kimi K2.6 reports · 8 | ||||
| AIME 2026 | 95.8% ↗matharena ⚠ | not reported | — | — |
| Kimi Claw 24/7 Bench | 42.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | 50.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MCP-Atlas | 69.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MCPMark-Verified | 72.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MLS-Bench-Lite | 26.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| ProgramBench | 48.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 76.7% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3.8-Max reports · 2 | ||||
| SWE-Bench Pro | not reported | 67.7% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | not reported | 86.6% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Kimi K2.6 minus Qwen3.8-Max in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.8-Max | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 256K tokens | 1M tokens | Qwen3.8-Max |
| Max output | — | 131K tokens | — |
| Input price / 1M | — | $1.65 ↗ | — |
| Output price / 1M | — | $4.95 ↗ | — |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | — | $6.6 | — |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2026-04-20 | 2026-08-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 14 | 9 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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