# Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen3.7 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3.7 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-2-6-vs-qwen3-7-max
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 19
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.7 Max leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.7 Max has the higher overall point estimate 63.46 to 60.2. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 71 for Kimi K2.6 and 81.9 for Qwen3.7 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 55.9% and 76.4%.
- Qwen3.7 Max is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.7 Max also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.7 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 60.2 | 63.46 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 41 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.95 / $4.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.4 (Supported · #54/119)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 39.3 (Supported · #60/119)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | 69.7% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| BrowseComp | 83.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 73.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 55.9% | 76.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Claw-Eval | 62.3% | 65.2% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 56.82% | 64.27% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | 18.7% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 4.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.6% | 61.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 64.3% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 47.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 46 (Supported · #51/144)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 45.4 (Supported · #54/144)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | 80.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 89.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.6% | 60.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SWE Multilingual | 76.7% | 78.3% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SciCode | 52.2% | 53.5% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | 69.7% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Vibe Code Bench | 37.89% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 47.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 86.8% | 87.1% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 76.2% | 68.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 76.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 13.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 64.9 (#26/49)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 79.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 80.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 96.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Qwen3.7 Max
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 58.3 (Supported · #46/171)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 59.8 (Supported · #41/171)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.5% | 92.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| GPQA-D | 90.5% | 92.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| HLE | 34.7% | 41.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 89.1% | 90.2% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.6% | 89.3% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 73.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 100 (#1/16)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 87% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| MAXIFE | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| PolyMath | Coming soon | 86.5% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 89.2 (#17/125)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.1% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 71 (#1/7)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 81.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 96.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 92.7% | 97.1% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| 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 |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 44.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

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

Qwen3.7 Max has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3.7 Max?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 71 for Kimi K2.6 and 81.9 for Qwen3.7 Max.

### 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 Qwen3.7 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.7 Max currently has 41 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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