# Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen3.8-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3.8-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-2-6-vs-qwen3-8-27b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 13
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K2.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.8-27B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Kimi K2.6 leads overall 59.22 to 55.26.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 43.8 for Kimi K2.6 and 61.2 for Qwen3.8-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is OSWorld-Verified in Agentic, with scores of 73.1% and 84.3%.
- Qwen3.8-27B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.8-27B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.8-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 59.22 | 55.26 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 33 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.95 / $4.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.8 (Supported · #50/117)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 61.2 (Supported · #18/117)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 73.1% | 84.3% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 4.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.6% | 58.4% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 33.4% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 64.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 46.2 (Supported · #48/142)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #45/142)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 89.6% | 90.3% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.6% | 61.7% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| SWE Multilingual | 76.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 52.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 37.89% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 47.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 86.8% | 84.0% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 76.2% | 86.0% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 42.2% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 82.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 78.7 (#8/27)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 64.9 (#27/50)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 80.9 (#11/50)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 79.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 80.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 80.4% | 90.2% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| MathVision | 87.4% | 90.0% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| V* | 96.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 59.1 (Supported · #40/168)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 49.2 (Supported · #63/168)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.5% | 89.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| GPQA-D | 90.5% | 89.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| HLE | 34.7% | 30.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 89.1% | 88.9% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.6% | 84.3% | Kimi K2.6 |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 83.2 (#45/124)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 71 (#1/7)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen3.8-27B | 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 Qwen3.8-27B?

Kimi K2.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3.8-27B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 43.8 for Kimi K2.6 and 61.2 for Qwen3.8-27B.

### 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 Qwen3.8-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8-27B currently has 33 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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