# Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 29
- 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 53.74. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 43.7 for Kimi K2.6 and 33.9 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) in Mathematics, with scores of 38.966% and 26.207%.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.6 Plus also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 58.74 | 53.74 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 50 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.95 / $4.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.7 (Supported · #57/123)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 33.9 (Supported · #79/123)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | 61.6% | Kimi K2.6 |
| BrowseComp | 83.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 73.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 50% | 39.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MCP Atlas | 55.9% | 48.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| Claw-Eval | 62.3% | 58.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 80.8% | 74.3% | Kimi K2.6 |
| Gert Labs | 56.82% | 50.60% | Kimi K2.6 |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | 18.0% | Tie |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 4.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.6% | 53.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 57.2% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 41.5% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.9 (Supported · #54/146)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 41 (Supported · #62/146)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | 78.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 89.6% | 87.1% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.6% | 56.6% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE Multilingual | 76.7% | 73.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SciCode | 52.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | 61.6% | Kimi K2.6 |
| Vibe Code Bench | 37.89% | 25.56% | Kimi K2.6 |
| cursorBench31 | 47.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 86.8% | 86.0% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 76.2% | 73.4% | Kimi K2.6 |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 37.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 74.9 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 73.8 (#27/54)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 76.1 (#21/54)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 79.4% | 78.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 80.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 80.4% | 81.5% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MathVision | 87.4% | 88.0% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| V* | 96.9% | 96.9% | Tie |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 59.8 (Supported · #45/177)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 53.9 (Supported · #62/177)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.5% | 90.4% | Kimi K2.6 |
| GPQA-D | 90.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 34.7% | 28.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 89.1% | 87.4% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.6% | 87.7% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/17)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.8 (#45/127)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 72.2 (#1/7)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 63.1 (#5/7)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 96.4% | 95.3% | Kimi K2.6 |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 92.7% | 87.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMAnswerBench | 86.0% | 83.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 38.966% | 26.207% | Kimi K2.6 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 14.580% | 8.333% | Kimi K2.6 |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K2.6 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

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 Plus?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 43.7 for Kimi K2.6 and 33.9 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

### 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 Plus cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6 Plus currently has 50 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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