# Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-2-6-vs-qwen3-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 12
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Kimi K2.6 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Kimi K2.6 has the higher overall point estimate 58.74 to 46.38. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 43.9 for Kimi K2.6 and 27 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Gert Labs in Agentic, with scores of 56.82% and 28.96%.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 58.74 | 46.38 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 20 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.95 / $4.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.7 (Supported · #57/123)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 33.1 (Estimated · #80/123)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | 40.5% | Kimi K2.6 |
| BrowseComp | 83.2% | 61% | Kimi K2.6 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 73.1% | 54.5% | Kimi K2.6 |
| Toolathlon | 50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 55.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 62.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 56.82% | 28.96% | Kimi K2.6 |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 4.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.9 (Supported · #54/146)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 27 (Estimated · #99/146)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | 69.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 89.6% | 74.6% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 76.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 52.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | 40.5% | Kimi K2.6 |
| Vibe Code Bench | 37.89% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 47.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 53.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 65.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 73.8 (#27/54)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 64.6 (#42/54)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 79.4% | 75.1% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 80.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 80.4% | 77.5% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MathVision | 87.4% | 83.9% | Kimi K2.6 |
| V* | 96.9% | 92.7% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 72.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 59.8 (Supported · #45/177)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 43.6 (Supported · #101/177)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.5% | 84.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| GPQA-D | 90.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 34.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 63.4% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 83.8 (#12/17)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 81% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 88.8 (#32/127)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 91.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 72.2 (#1/7)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 96.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 38.966% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 14.580% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K2.6 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Kimi K2.6 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 43.9 for Kimi K2.6 and 27 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K2.6 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K2.6 currently has 37 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.5-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B currently has 20 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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