# Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) vs Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-k2-5-reasoning-vs-qwen3-5-122b-a10b
- Last updated: September 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-122B-A10B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) leads overall 55 to 40.06.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 63.3 for Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) and 57 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Verified in Coding, with scores of 76.8% and 72%.
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 262K |
| Overall Score | null | 40.06 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 9 | 15 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.60 / $3.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B public-lane score: 23.1 (Estimated · #84/105)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 50.8% | 49.4% | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) |
| BrowseComp | 60.6% | 63.8% | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B |
| Gert Labs | 32.58% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 58% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B public-lane score: 35.7 (Supported · #73/135)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.8% | 72% | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) |
| Vibe Code Bench | 17.54% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B public-lane score: 49.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 60.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: 63.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B public-lane score: 57 (#34/50)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 78.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 83.9% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 74.7% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 93.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B public-lane score: 41.5 (Supported · #86/158)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.6% | 86.6% | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) |
| MMLU-Pro | 87.1% | 86.7% | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 67.1% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B public-lane score: 36.8 (#10/12)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B public-lane score: 91.6 (#11/124)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 93.4% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 96.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 63.3 for Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) and 57 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) currently has 9 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.5-122B-A10B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B currently has 15 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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