Model comparison
Kimi K2.5 Instant vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads 51.3 to 40.2.
Side by side
| Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.6 | 37.6 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.49 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1404 | — |
| SciCode | — | 35.8% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1484 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 23% |
Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 41.6% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 22% |
| DTBench | — | 73.9% |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 44.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.93 |
Math Too close to call
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 20.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1442 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1440 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1254 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1406 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1449 | — |
| LMArena French | 1403 | — |
| LMArena German | 1413 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1378 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1404 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1447 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1430 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1435 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1420 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1381 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1427 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2.5 Instant better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Kimi K2.5 Instant or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?
Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.6 versus 37.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 Instant and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.