Model Comparison
Kimi K2 Instruct vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Kimi K2 Instruct outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (Aider-Polyglot, SWE-bench Multilingual).
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
Cost data unavailable.
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Kimi K2 Instruct has 520.0B more parameters than Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct, making it 108.3% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Kimi K2 Instruct specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Kimi K2 Instruct specifies output context (200,000 tokens).
License
Usage and distribution terms
Kimi K2 Instruct is licensed under MIT, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
MIT
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Kimi K2 Instruct was released on 2025-07-11, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct was released on 2025-01-31.
Kimi K2 Instruct is 5 months newer than Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct.
Jul 11, 2025
9 months ago
5mo newerJan 31, 2025
1.2 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Kimi K2 Instruct
View detailsMoonshot AI
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Detailed Comparison
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FAQ
Common questions about Kimi K2 Instruct vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct