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

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-2-6-vs-qwen3-6-35b-a3b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 19
- 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 58.47 to 43.54. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 76.8 for Kimi K2.6 and 58.4 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) in Mathematics, with scores of 57.193% and 20.351%.
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 58.47 | 43.54 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 42 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.95 / $4.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.7 (Supported · #57/124)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29.2 (Estimated · #90/124)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | 51.5% | Kimi K2.6 |
| BrowseComp | 83.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 73.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 50% | 26.9% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MCP Atlas | 55.9% | 62.8% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| Claw-Eval | 62.3% | 68.7% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 80.8% | 60.1% | Kimi K2.6 |
| Gert Labs | 56.82% | 42.65% | 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 |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 52.6% | Coming soon |
| QwenWebBench | Coming soon | 1397 | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 35.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 25.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.6 (Supported · #55/149)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 31.8 (Estimated · #89/149)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | 73.4% | Kimi K2.6 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 89.6% | 80.4% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.6% | 49.5% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE Multilingual | 76.7% | 67.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SciCode | 52.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | 51.5% | 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 |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 29.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 75.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 73.8 (#27/54)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 66.4 (#40/54)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 79.4% | 75.3% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 80.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 80.4% | 78% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MathVision | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 96.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 89.9% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | Coming soon | 92.0% | Coming soon |
| ODINW13 | Coming soon | 50.8% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | Coming soon | 82.5% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 60 (Supported · #48/181)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 42.9 (Estimated · #105/181)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.5% | 86% | Kimi K2.6 |
| GPQA-D | 90.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 34.7% | 21.4% | Kimi K2.6 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85.2% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 78.3 (#58/128)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 76.8 (#4/12)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 58.4 (#10/12)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 96.4% | 92.7% | Kimi K2.6 |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 92.7% | 83.6% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMAnswerBench | 86.0% | 78.9% | Kimi K2.6 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 57.193% | 20.351% | Kimi K2.6 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 25.641% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 90.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

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

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 76.8 for Kimi K2.6 and 58.4 for Qwen3.6-35B-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 Qwen3.6-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B currently has 42 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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