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Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen3.7 Max

Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.

Kimi K2.6

85

VS

Qwen3.7 Max

93

1 categoriesvs2 categories

Verified leaderboard positions: Kimi K2.6 #8 · Qwen3.7 Max #2

Pick Qwen3.7 Max if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2.6 only becomes the better choice if agentic is the priority.

Category Radar

Head-to-Head by Category

Category Breakdown

Agentic

Kimi K2.6
73.1vs69.7

+3.4 difference

Coding

Qwen3.7 Max
72vs73.6

+1.6 difference

Knowledge

Qwen3.7 Max
53.8vs71.2

+17.4 difference

Operational Comparison

Kimi K2.6

Qwen3.7 Max

Price (per 1M tokens)

$0.95 / $4

$null / $null

Speed

N/A

N/A

Latency (TTFT)

N/A

N/A

Context Window

256K

1M

Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.7 Max if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2.6 only becomes the better choice if agentic is the priority.

Qwen3.7 Max is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 93 to 85. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Qwen3.7 Max's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 71.2 against 53.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HLE, 34.7% to 41.4%. Kimi K2.6 does hit back in agentic, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Qwen3.7 Max gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Kimi K2.6.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Frequently Asked Questions (4)

Which is better, Kimi K2.6 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 93 to 85. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HLE, where the scores are 34.7% and 41.4%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Kimi K2.6 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.2 versus 53.8. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Kimi K2.6 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 73.6 versus 72. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Kimi K2.6 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Kimi K2.6 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.1 versus 69.7. Inside this category, MCP Atlas is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Kimi K2.6
API / mo$3,713
Self-host / mo$18,221
Break-even326M/day
Qwen3.7 Max
API / mo$0
Self-host / moN/A
Break-even—
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Model the full break-even

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