# Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) vs Qwen3.5 Plus

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-k2-5-reasoning-vs-qwen3-5-plus
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) and Qwen3.5 Plus share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Qwen3.5 Plus has the lower published output-token price.
- Qwen3.5 Plus has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 48.92 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 9 | 4 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.60 / $3.00 | $0.40 / $2.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5 Plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.5 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 50.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 60.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 32.58% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 18.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5 Plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.5 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 17.54% | 15.74% | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: 64.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.5 Plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.5 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 78.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5 Plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.5 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5 Plus public-lane score: 39.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.5 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 96.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 21.034% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 2.083% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) and Qwen3.5 Plus?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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