Model comparison
Kimi K2 vs Qwen3.7 Plus
Head-to-head evidence from 12 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: Kimi K2 #189 (Supported); Qwen3.7 Plus #21 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Kimi K2 and Qwen3.7 Plus share 12 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 2 results are unique to Kimi K2; 57 to Qwen3.7 Plus.
Updated July 23, 2026- Shared results
- 12
- Kimi K2 only
- 2
- Qwen3.7 Plus only
- 57
- Comparable categories
- 1 / 8
Pick Qwen3.7 Plus if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2 only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 12 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 1 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
Qwen3.7 Plus is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 67.22 to 27.19. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Qwen3.7 Plus's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 92.9 against 16.1.
Qwen3.7 Plus is the reasoning model in the pair, while Kimi K2 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Qwen3.7 Plus gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Kimi K2.
Category breakdown
Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.
| Category | Kimi K2 | Δ | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | Kimi K216.1 | Margin→ 76.8 | Qwen3.7 Plus92.9 |
| Agentic | Kimi K2Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Plus71.7 |
| Coding | Kimi K2Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Plus75.6 |
| Reasoning | Kimi K2Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Plus91.7 |
| Knowledge | Kimi K2Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Plus60.1 |
| Multilingual | Kimi K2Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Plus85.4 |
| Multimodal | Kimi K2Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Plus81.5 |
| Inst. Following | Kimi K2Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Plus84.5 |
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Kimi K2 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Kimi K2$0.6 input / $2.5 output | Qwen3.7 PlusNot available | A complete price comparison is not available. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Kimi K243 tok/s | Qwen3.7 PlusNot available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Kimi K21.51 s | Qwen3.7 PlusNot available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Kimi K2128K | Qwen3.7 Plus1M | Qwen3.7 Plus lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic16 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-bench resultsSource | 61.1% | 93% | Qwen3.7 Plus leads |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | — | 70.3% | Not comparable |
| QwenClawBenchSource | — | 61.8% | Not comparable |
| QwenWebBenchSource | — | 1536 | Not comparable |
| Claw-EvalSource | — | 62.7% | Not comparable |
| BFCL v4Source | — | 72.9% | Not comparable |
| MCP AtlasSource | — | 73.2% | Not comparable |
| VITA-BenchSource | — | 45.6% | Not comparable |
| DeepPlanningSource | — | 62.3% | Not comparable |
| OSWorld-VerifiedSource | — | 73.3% | Not comparable |
| AndroidWorldSource | — | 81.0% | Not comparable |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | — | 20.8% | Not comparable |
| APEX-Agents-AASource | — | 22.4% | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | — | 21.8% | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | — | 936 | Not comparable |
| OSWorld 2.0Source | — | 2.8% | Not comparable |
Coding9 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-SciCodeSource | 34.5% | 45.5% | Qwen3.7 Plus leads |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | — | 70.3% | Not comparable |
| SWE-bench VerifiedSource | — | 77.7% | Not comparable |
| SWE-bench ProSource | — | 57.6% | Not comparable |
| SWE MultilingualSource | — | 75.8% | Not comparable |
| NL2RepoSource | — | 41.1% | Not comparable |
| SciCodeSource | — | 51.3% | Not comparable |
| LiveCodeBenchSource | — | 89.6% | Not comparable |
| AA Coding IndexSource | — | 55.9% | Not comparable |
Reasoning3 benchmarks
Knowledge13 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 19.4% | 39.0% | Qwen3.7 Plus leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 76.6% | 90.0% | Qwen3.7 Plus leads |
| AA-HLESource | 7.0% | 33.4% | Qwen3.7 Plus leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | -27.5% | 2.4% | Qwen3.7 Plus leads |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 26.8% | 22.2% | Kimi K2 leads |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 74.2% | 25.5% | Qwen3.7 Plus leads |
| GPQASource | — | 90.3% | Not comparable |
| GPQA-DSource | — | 90.3% | Not comparable |
| HLESource | — | 34.7% | Not comparable |
| MMLU-ProSource | — | 88.5% | Not comparable |
| MMLU-ReduxSource | — | 94.5% | Not comparable |
| SuperGPQASource | — | 71.4% | Not comparable |
| MMMLUSource | — | 89.0% | Not comparable |
MathQwen3.7 Plus wins5 benchmarks
Multilingual5 benchmarks
Multimodal17 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena WebsiteSource | 1080 | 1288 | Qwen3.7 Plus leads |
| MMMU-ProSource | — | 79% | Not comparable |
| MathVisionSource | — | 90.3% | Not comparable |
| CharXivSource | — | 85.9% | Not comparable |
| ERQASource | — | 69.8% | Not comparable |
| MedXpertQA (MM)Source | — | 71.0% | Not comparable |
| ScreenSpot ProSource | — | 79.0% | Not comparable |
| SimpleVQASource | — | 81.7% | Not comparable |
| MMSearch-PlusSource | — | 41.4% | Not comparable |
| RealWorldQASource | — | 86.9% | Not comparable |
| OmniDocBench 1.5Source | — | 91.4% | Not comparable |
| OCRBench V2Source | — | 70.7% | Not comparable |
| ODINW13Source | — | 51.1% | Not comparable |
| Video-MME (with subtitle)Source | — | 88.0% | Not comparable |
| VideoMMMUSource | — | 85.4% | Not comparable |
| MLVU (M-Avg)Source | — | 87.4% | Not comparable |
| AA-MMMU-ProSource | — | 80.5% | Not comparable |
Frequently Asked Questions (2)
Which is better, Kimi K2 or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Qwen3.7 Plus is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 67.22 to 27.19.
Which is better for math, Kimi K2 or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Qwen3.7 Plus has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 92.9 versus 16.1. Kimi K2 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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