# Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) vs Qwen3 Max

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-k2-5-reasoning-vs-qwen3-max
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) and Qwen3 Max share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Qwen3 Max has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 58.74 | 43.82 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 9 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.60 / $3.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #67/151)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 50.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 60.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 32.58% | 43.74% | Qwen3 Max |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: 52.9 (Estimated · #52/183)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 45.4 (Estimated · #107/183)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 17.54% | 3.51% | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: 63.2 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

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

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 55.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: 52.4 (Estimated · #78/181)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 43.8 (Estimated · #123/181)

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

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 51.7 (#78/120)

### Mathematics

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

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

## FAQ

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

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, 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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## Explore More

- [Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) profile](/models/kimi-k2-5-reasoning)
- [Qwen3 Max profile](/models/qwen3-max)
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