Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Comparing Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Moonshot AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Kimi K2-Thinking-0905
- you want predictable pricing at $0.47/M input and $2.00/M output
Choose Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2025
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Individual benchmarks
21 reported for Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 · 0 for Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Basedon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 has 920.0B more parameters than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base, making it 1150.0% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 specifies output context (262,144 tokens).
License
Usage and distribution terms
Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 is licensed under MIT, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base 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-Thinking-0905 was released on 2025-09-05, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base was released on 2025-09-10.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is 0 month newer than Kimi K2-Thinking-0905.
Sep 5, 2025
1.0 years ago
Sep 10, 2025
1.0 years ago
5d newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base.