Kimi K2.5 vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Head to head on 29 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba | 61.9% | 23.0% | 40.8% | 26.2% | 88.2% | 96.7 | 27.8% | 75.2% | 83.2% | 73.5% | 78.2% | 69.9% | 58.3% | 75.0% | 83.7% | 75.8% | 36.9% | 77.0% | 88.5 | 68.0% | 44.9% | 40.7% | 73.8 | 74.7% | 43.9% | 59.5 | 32.0% | 25.6% | 97.7% | - | 95.3 | - | - | - | - | 94.5 | 89.5 | - | - | - | 51.5% | 59.0% |
| Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI | 68.3% | 39.0% | 35.8% | 27.9% | 78.9% | 95.4 | 13.2% | 43.7% | 78.5% | 72.5% | 77.9% | 61.4% | 57.4% | 77.7% | 84.9% | 76.0% | 39.3% | 76.4% | 87.1 | 66.5% | 49.9% | 39.6% | 73 | 74.2% | 18.9% | 69.4 | 26.3% | 17.5% | 81.3% | 96.1 | - | 1576elo | 74.9 | 10421 | 62.0% | - | - | 63.3% | 67.3% | 70.8% | - | 56.8% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI | Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kimi K2.5 is an AI model from Kimi. | Qwen3.6Plus is an AI model from Alibaba. |
| Family | Kimi | Qwen3.6 |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | closed | closed |
| License | Modified MIT | proprietary |
| Released | 27 Jan 2026 | 2 Apr 2026 |
| Context | 262,144 | 1,000,000 |
| Input $/1M | $0.60 | $0.50 |
| Output $/1M | $3.00 | $3.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.100 | - |
| Cache write $/1M | - | $0.406 |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | text, image | text, image, video |
| Providers | - | - |
| Publisher | Moonshot AI | Alibaba |
| Reported scores | GPQA Diamond78.9% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)13.2% (AA) IFBench43.7% (AA) SciCode39.6% (AA) τ²-bench (Tau²-bench)81.3% (AA) | GPQA Diamond88.2% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)27.8% (AA) IFBench75.2% (AA) SciCode40.7% (AA) τ²-bench (Tau²-bench)97.7% (AA) |
FAQ
- Is Kimi K2.5 or Qwen3.6 Plus better?
- Across the 29 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Qwen3.6 Plus leads on 20 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do Kimi K2.5 and Qwen3.6 Plus compare on GPQA Diamond?
- Kimi K2.5 scores 78.9% and Qwen3.6 Plus scores 88.2% on GPQA Diamond.
- When were Kimi K2.5 and Qwen3.6 Plus released?
- Kimi K2.5 was released 27 Jan 2026 by Moonshot AI. Qwen3.6 Plus was released 2 Apr 2026 by Alibaba.
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