Model Comparison

Kimi K2.5 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

20 benchmarks

Kimi K2.5 outperforms in 6 benchmarks (AA-LCR, Humanity's Last Exam, SimpleVQA, Video-MME, VideoMMMU, WideSearch), while Qwen3.6 Plus is better at 14 benchmarks (CharXiv-R, GPQA, HMMT 2025, IMO-AnswerBench, LiveCodeBench v6, LongBench v2, MathVision, MMLU-Pro, MMMU-Pro, OmniDocBench 1.5, SWE-bench Multilingual, SWE-Bench Pro, SWE-Bench Verified, Terminal-Bench 2.0).

Qwen3.6 Plus shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

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Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.5
Input tokens$0.60
Output tokens$2.50
Best providerFireworks
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.6 Plus
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Kimi K2.5 specifies input context (262,100 tokens). Only Kimi K2.5 specifies output context (262,100 tokens).

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.5
Input262,100 tokens
Output262,100 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.6 Plus
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Kimi K2.5 and Qwen3.6 Plus support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Kimi K2.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3.6 Plus

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Kimi K2.5 is licensed under MIT, while Qwen3.6 Plus uses a proprietary license.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Kimi K2.5

MIT

Open weights

Qwen3.6 Plus

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Kimi K2.5 was released on 2026-01-27, while Qwen3.6 Plus was released on 2026-03-31.

Qwen3.6 Plus is 2 months newer than Kimi K2.5.

Kimi K2.5

Jan 27, 2026

2 months ago

Qwen3.6 Plus

Mar 31, 2026

2 days ago

2mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Moonshot AI
Larger context window (262,100 tokens)
Has open weights
Higher AA-LCR score (70.0% vs 68.3%)
Higher Humanity's Last Exam score (50.2% vs 28.8%)
Higher SimpleVQA score (71.2% vs 67.3%)
Higher Video-MME score (87.4% vs 84.2%)
Higher VideoMMMU score (86.6% vs 84.0%)
Higher WideSearch score (79.0% vs 74.3%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3.6 Plus

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Higher CharXiv-R score (81.5% vs 77.5%)
Higher GPQA score (90.4% vs 87.6%)
Higher HMMT 2025 score (96.7% vs 95.4%)
Higher IMO-AnswerBench score (83.8% vs 81.8%)
Higher LiveCodeBench v6 score (87.1% vs 85.0%)
Higher LongBench v2 score (62.0% vs 61.0%)
Higher MathVision score (88.0% vs 84.2%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (88.5% vs 87.1%)
Higher MMMU-Pro score (78.8% vs 78.5%)
Higher OmniDocBench 1.5 score (91.2% vs 88.8%)
Higher SWE-bench Multilingual score (73.8% vs 73.0%)
Higher SWE-Bench Pro score (56.6% vs 50.7%)
Higher SWE-Bench Verified score (78.8% vs 76.8%)
Higher Terminal-Bench 2.0 score (61.6% vs 50.8%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.5
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.6 Plus

FAQ

Common questions about Kimi K2.5 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks. Kimi K2.5 is made by Moonshot AI and Qwen3.6 Plus is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Kimi K2.5 scores AIME 2025: 96.1%, HMMT 2025: 95.4%, InfoVQAtest: 92.6%, OCRBench: 92.3%, MathVista-Mini: 90.1%. Qwen3.6 Plus scores CountBench: 97.6%, V*: 96.9%, HMMT 2025: 96.7%, AIME 2026: 95.3%, HMMT25: 94.6%.
Kimi K2.5 supports 262K tokens and Qwen3.6 Plus supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include licensing (MIT vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Kimi K2.5 is developed by Moonshot AI and Qwen3.6 Plus is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.