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Qwen3.5 397B A17B vs Kimi K2.5
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Winner summary
Qwen3.5 397B A17B wins on 5/9 benchmarks
Qwen3.5 397B A17B wins 5 of 9 shared benchmarks. Leads in math · knowledge · coding.
Category leads
speed·Kimi K2.5math·Qwen3.5 397B A17Bknowledge·Qwen3.5 397B A17Blanguage·Kimi K2.5coding·Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
#3 by perf·no signal
Kimi K2.5
#85 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1.2x better value than Kimi K2.5
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
57.4 pts/$
$1.36/M
Kimi K2.5
49.5 pts/$
$1.05/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
moonshotai
private · undisclosed
Head to head
9 benchmarks · 2 models
Qwen3.5 397B A17BKimi K2.5
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Kimi K2.5 leads by +3.1
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
55.8
Kimi K2.5
58.9
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +1.7
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
41.3
Kimi K2.5
39.5
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Kimi K2.5 leads by +1.8
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
45.0
Kimi K2.5
46.8
OpenCompass · AIME2025
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +0.4
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
92.3
Kimi K2.5
91.9
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +0.3
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
88.4
Kimi K2.5
88.1
OpenCompass · HLE
Kimi K2.5 leads by +1.1
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
27.5
Kimi K2.5
28.6
OpenCompass · IFEval
Kimi K2.5 leads by +2.4
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
91.5
Kimi K2.5
93.9
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +2.4
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
83.0
Kimi K2.5
80.6
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +1.4
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
87.6
Kimi K2.5
86.2
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index | 55.8 | 58.9 |
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index | 41.3 | 39.5 |
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index | 45.0 | 46.8 |
OpenCompass · AIME2025 | 92.3 | 91.9 |
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond | 88.4 | 88.1 |
OpenCompass · HLE | 27.5 | 28.6 |
OpenCompass · IFEval | 91.5 | 93.9 |
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6 | 83.0 | 80.6 |
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro | 87.6 | 86.2 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | $0.39 | $2.34 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $8.78 |
| Kimi K2.5 | $0.38 | $1.72 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $7.17 |
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