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Kimi K2 Thinking vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B
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Winner summary
Qwen3.5 397B A17B wins on 4/6 benchmarks
Qwen3.5 397B A17B wins 4 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · coding.
Category leads
math·Kimi K2 Thinkingknowledge·Qwen3.5 397B A17Blanguage·Kimi K2 Thinkingcoding·Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Kimi K2 Thinking
#77 by perf·no signal
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
#3 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1.7x better value than Kimi K2 Thinking
Kimi K2 Thinking
34.4 pts/$
$1.55/M
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
57.4 pts/$
$1.36/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
moonshotai
private · undisclosed
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
Kimi K2 ThinkingQwen3.5 397B A17B
OpenCompass · AIME2025
Kimi K2 Thinking leads by +1.8
Kimi K2 Thinking
94.1
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
92.3
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +5.7
Kimi K2 Thinking
82.7
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
88.4
OpenCompass · HLE
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +6.2
Kimi K2 Thinking
21.3
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
27.5
OpenCompass · IFEval
Kimi K2 Thinking leads by +0.9
Kimi K2 Thinking
92.4
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
91.5
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +5.9
Kimi K2 Thinking
77.1
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
83.0
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +3.3
Kimi K2 Thinking
84.3
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
87.6
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
|---|---|---|
OpenCompass · AIME2025 | 94.1 | 92.3 |
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond | 82.7 | 88.4 |
OpenCompass · HLE | 21.3 | 27.5 |
OpenCompass · IFEval | 92.4 | 91.5 |
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6 | 77.1 | 83.0 |
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro | 84.3 | 87.6 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K2 Thinking | $0.60 | $2.50 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $10.75 |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | $0.39 | $2.34 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $8.78 |
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