Noometry

Model comparison

Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 47.7 on the Noometry Index. Kimi K2.6 costs 2.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 32 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 32 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.6 scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 7 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 49.2 to 40.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 34.9% for Kimi K2.6 and 55.8% for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Kimi K2.6 is cheaper at $0.95 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Qwen3.7 Max accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
  • Kimi K2.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Kimi K2.6Qwen3.7 Max
ProviderMoonshot AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index47.751.5
Released2026-04-202026-05-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K1M
Max output262K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.95$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$4$7.50
Results tracked5133

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.7 Max
SWE-bench Verified76.7%77.3%
LMArena WebDev15091515
SciCode53.5%48.8%
LMArena Coding14881498
ALE-Bench1,0931,189
WeirdML55.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call

Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137), Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.7 Max
GBAEval0.9%0.4%
OSWorld 2.04.6%—
ExploitBench18.4%—
GDP.pdf12%—
Vending-Bench 26,205—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.7 Max
NYT Connections (extended)87.2%85.1%
CritPt8%13.4%
Chess Puzzles26%19%
EBR-Bench2.4%9.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14701483
Mystery Game Puzzles18%32%
DTBench90.9%92.3%
LMCA37.3%44%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.05153.68
SimpleBench—70.4%

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.7 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.2%64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 425.6%34.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202596.1%95.6%
ProofBench16%26%
LMArena Math14751490
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions72.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond90.8%90.9%
SimpleQA Verified34.9%55.8%
LMArena Expert14911488
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103), Qwen3.7 Max: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Vision1283—
Blueprint-Bench 23.9%—
Furniture Assembly21.7%—
LMArena Document1451—

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English14461474
LMArena Chinese15211530
LMArena Russian14461484
LMArena French1471—
LMArena German1450—
LMArena Japanese1443—
LMArena Korean1427—
LMArena Spanish1464—

Instruction Following Too close to call

Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14511460

Long Context Too close to call

Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query14681482

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text14551476
LMArena Creative Writing14341449
EQ-Bench 412021110
LMArena Multi-Turn14531481
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1725—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.6 better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 47.7 on the Noometry Index. Kimi K2.6 costs 2.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.6 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Kimi K2.6 is cheaper. It lists at $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max lists at $2.50 and $7.50.

Is Kimi K2.6 or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (50.7 vs 50.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Max does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3.7 Max share?

32 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.6 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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