Kimi K2.6vsQwen3.6-Max-Preview

Across 8 shared benchmarks, Kimi K2.6 leads overall: Kimi K2.6 wins 8, Qwen3.6-Max-Preview wins 0, with 0 ties and an average score difference of +1.94.

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.6

Moonshot AI · 2026-04-20 · Reasoning model

阿里巴巴
Qwen3.6-Max-Preview

阿里巴巴 · 2026-04-20 · Chat model

Kimi K2.68 wins(100%)(0%)0 winsQwen3.6-Max-Preview

Benchmark scores

Grouped by capability, sorted by largest gap within each. 8 shared benchmarks.

Coding and Software Engineer

Kimi K2.6 4/4
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.6-Max-PreviewDiff
SWE-bench Multilingual76.704 / 20Thinking (With Tools)73.807 / 20Thinking (With Tools)+2.90
LiveCodeBench89.607 / 120Thinking (No Tools)87.1010 / 120最高(无工具)+2.50
SWE-bench Verified80.2013 / 108Thinking (With Tools)78.8020 / 108Thinking (With Tools)+1.40
SWE-Bench Pro - Public58.608 / 44Thinking (With Tools)57.3012 / 44Deep Thinking (With Tools)+1.30

General Knowledge

Kimi K2.6 2/2
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.6-Max-PreviewDiff
HLE5411 / 161Thinking (With Tools + Internet)50.2022 / 161Thinking (With Tools)+3.80
GPQA Diamond90.5017 / 179Thinking (No Tools)90.4018 / 179最高(无工具)+0.10

AI Agent - Tool Usage

Kimi K2.6 1/1
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.6-Max-PreviewDiff
Terminal Bench 2.066.7010 / 46Thinking (With Tools)65.4011 / 46Deep Thinking (With Tools)+1.30

Math and Reasoning

Kimi K2.6 1/1
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3.6-Max-PreviewDiff
IMO-AnswerBench867 / 20Thinking (No Tools)83.8011 / 20最高(无工具)+2.20

Specs

FieldKimi K2.6Qwen3.6-Max-Preview
PublisherMoonshot AI阿里巴巴
Release date2026-04-202026-04-20
Model typeReasoning modelChat model
ArchitectureMoEMoE
Parameters1T1T
Context length256K262K
Max outputNot available8K

API pricing

Prices use DataLearner records when available; missing fields are not inferred.

ItemKimi K2.6Qwen3.6-Max-Preview
Text input$0.95 / 1M tokens$1.3 / 1M tokens
Text output$4 / 1M tokens$7.8 / 1M tokens
Cache read$0.16 / 1M tokensNot public
Cache write$0.95 / 1M tokensNot public

Summary

  • Kimi K2.6leads in:Coding and Software Engineer (4/4), General Knowledge (2/2), AI Agent - Tool Usage (1/1), Math and Reasoning (1/1)

On average across the 8 shared benchmarks, Kimi K2.6 scores 1.94 higher.

Largest single-benchmark gap: HLE — Kimi K2.6 54 vs Qwen3.6-Max-Preview 50.20 (+3.80).

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