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Model comparison

Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen1.5-110B

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.5

Rank #52 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-110B Alibaba (Qwen)

33.6

Rank #231 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-110B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.6 leads 68.7 to 38.1.

Side by side

Kimi K2.6Qwen1.5-110B
ProviderMoonshot AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index47.533.6
Released2026-04-202024-04-25
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.95—
Output $ / M tokens$4—
Results tracked5120

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 50.5 (#41), Qwen1.5-110B: 32.4 (#260)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Coding14881184
SWE-bench Verified76.7%—
LMArena WebDev1509—
SciCode53.5%—
WeirdML55.9%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—35%
BigCodeBench Complete—44.4%
ALE-Bench1,093—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 21.8 (#128), Qwen1.5-110B: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen1.5-110B
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), Qwen1.5-110B: 21.7 (#192)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Hard Prompts14701168
NYT Connections (extended)87.2%—
CritPt8%—
Chess Puzzles26%—
EBR-Bench2.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles18%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA37.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.03—
ForecastBench—57.7

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 56.8 (#34), Qwen1.5-110B: 31.1 (#199)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Math14751185
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 425.6%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions72.9%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202596.1%—
ProofBench16%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 53.9 (#48), Qwen1.5-110B: 30.7 (#217)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Expert14911144
GPQA Diamond90.8%—
SimpleQA Verified34.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 31.8 (#95), Qwen1.5-110B: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Vision1282—
Blueprint-Bench 23.9%—
Furniture Assembly21.7%—
LMArena Document1451—

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 55.1 (#35), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.8 (#245)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Non-English14461142
LMArena Chinese15211206
LMArena French14711150
LMArena German14491123
LMArena Japanese14421074
LMArena Korean14281044
LMArena Russian14461118
LMArena Spanish14631141

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 76.5 (#40), Qwen1.5-110B: 60.6 (#247)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Instruction Following14511158

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#50), Qwen1.5-110B: 35.0 (#237)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Longer Query14681157

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 68.7 (#25), Qwen1.5-110B: 38.1 (#250)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Text14551175
LMArena Creative Writing14341148
LMArena Multi-Turn14531160
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1725—
EQ-Bench 41202—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.6 better than Qwen1.5-110B?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.6 or Qwen1.5-110B better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.5 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.6 and Qwen1.5-110B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.6 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-110B has 20.

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