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Kimi K2 Thinking vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
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Winner summary
Kimi K2 Thinking wins on 13/14 benchmarks
Kimi K2 Thinking wins 13 of 14 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · language · math.
Category leads
coding·Kimi K2 Thinkingreasoning·Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinkinglanguage·Kimi K2 Thinkingmath·Kimi K2 Thinkingknowledge·Kimi K2 Thinking
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Kimi K2 Thinking
#122 by perf·#15 by attention
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
#48 by perf·#1 by attention
Best value
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
2.8x better value than Kimi K2 Thinking
Kimi K2 Thinking
33.1 pts/$
$1.55/M
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
91.3 pts/$
$0.67/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Moonshot AI
$50.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
14 benchmarks · 2 models
Kimi K2 ThinkingQwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LiveBench · Agentic Coding
Kimi K2 Thinking leads by +30.0
Kimi K2 Thinking
38.3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
8.3
LiveBench · Coding
Kimi K2 Thinking leads by +6.8
Kimi K2 Thinking
67.4
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
60.7
LiveBench · Data Analysis
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads by +1.3
Kimi K2 Thinking
52.3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
53.6
LiveBench · If
Kimi K2 Thinking leads by +20.5
Kimi K2 Thinking
62.0
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
41.5
LiveBench · Language
Kimi K2 Thinking leads by +10.1
Kimi K2 Thinking
66.5
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
56.3
LiveBench · Mathematics
Kimi K2 Thinking leads by +6.8
Kimi K2 Thinking
81.1
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
74.3
LiveBench · Overall
Kimi K2 Thinking leads by +11.2
Kimi K2 Thinking
61.6
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
50.4
LiveBench · Reasoning
Kimi K2 Thinking leads by +5.3
Kimi K2 Thinking
63.5
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
58.2
OpenCompass · AIME2025
Kimi K2 Thinking leads by +5.1
Kimi K2 Thinking
94.1
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
89.0
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond
Kimi K2 Thinking leads by +5.7
Kimi K2 Thinking
82.7
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
77.0
OpenCompass · HLE
Kimi K2 Thinking leads by +7.8
Kimi K2 Thinking
21.3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
13.5
OpenCompass · IFEval
Kimi K2 Thinking leads by +2.9
Kimi K2 Thinking
92.4
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
89.5
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6
Kimi K2 Thinking leads by +10.8
Kimi K2 Thinking
77.1
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
66.3
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro
Kimi K2 Thinking leads by +2.3
Kimi K2 Thinking
84.3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
82.0
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
|---|---|---|
LiveBench · Agentic Coding | 38.3 | 8.3 |
LiveBench · Coding | 67.4 | 60.7 |
LiveBench · Data Analysis | 52.3 | 53.6 |
LiveBench · If | 62.0 | 41.5 |
LiveBench · Language | 66.5 | 56.3 |
LiveBench · Mathematics | 81.1 | 74.3 |
LiveBench · Overall | 61.6 | 50.4 |
LiveBench · Reasoning | 63.5 | 58.2 |
OpenCompass · AIME2025 | 94.1 | 89.0 |
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond | 82.7 | 77.0 |
OpenCompass · HLE | 21.3 | 13.5 |
OpenCompass · IFEval | 92.4 | 89.5 |
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6 | 77.1 | 66.3 |
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro | 84.3 | 82.0 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.60 | $2.50 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $10.75 | |
| $0.15 | $1.20 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $4.13 |
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