Model comparison
Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen3-1.7B
Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.6 scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3-1.7B in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.6 leads 56.8 to 15.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 96.1% for Kimi K2.6 and 8.1% for Qwen3-1.7B.
Side by side
| Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3-1.7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 47.5 | 26.2 |
| Released | 2026-04-20 | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.95 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4 | — |
| Results tracked | 51 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Kimi K2.6: 50.5 (#41), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.7% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1509 | — |
| SciCode | 53.5% | — |
| WeirdML | 55.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,093 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3-1.7B leads
Kimi K2.6: 21.8 (#128), Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 4.6% | — |
| ExploitBench | 18.4% | — |
| GBAEval | 0.9% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 12% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 6,205 | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2.6 leads
Kimi K2.6: 39.6 (#51), Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 26% | 0% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 87.2% | — |
| CritPt | 8% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 2.4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1470 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 18% | — |
| DTBench | 90.9% | — |
| LMCA | 37.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 151.03 | — |
Math Kimi K2.6 leads
Kimi K2.6: 56.8 (#34), Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 96.1% | 8.1% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 57.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 25.6% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 72.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 16% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1475 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 39% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 14.6% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads
Kimi K2.6: 53.9 (#48), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.8% | 38% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 34.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.8% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1491 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Kimi K2.6: 31.8 (#95), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1282 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 3.9% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 21.7% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1451 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Kimi K2.6: 55.1 (#35), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1446 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1521 | — |
| LMArena French | 1471 | — |
| LMArena German | 1449 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1442 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1428 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1446 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1463 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Kimi K2.6: 76.5 (#40), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1451 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#50), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1468 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Kimi K2.6: 68.7 (#25), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1455 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1434 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1725 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1202 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1453 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2.6 better than Qwen3-1.7B?
Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3-1.7B share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.6 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.