# Kimi K3 vs Qwen3.8 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K3 and Qwen3.8 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-k3-vs-qwen3-8-max
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 28
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.8 Max only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Kimi K3 leads overall 72.14 to 72.12.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 65.8 for Kimi K3 and 87.7 for Qwen3.8 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 80.9% and 67.4%.
- Qwen3.8 Max is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Kimi K3 also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Pending | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 72.14 | 72.12 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 48 | 60 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Kimi K3
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 68.1 (Supported · #8/119)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 65.2 (Supported · #14/119)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.3% | 86.6% | Kimi K3 |
| BrowseComp | 91.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 95.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 73.2% | 72.5% | Kimi K3 |
| MCP Atlas | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 30.8% | 27.3% | Kimi K3 |
| JobBench | 52.9% | 53.4% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| APEX-Agents | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SpreadsheetBench 2 | 34.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DECK-Bench | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 80.9% | 67.4% | Kimi K3 |
| ApprenticeBench | 18% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 74.8% | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 70.2% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 19.4% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 66.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| MobileWorld | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Kimi K3
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 61.4 (Supported · #18/144)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 55.4 (Supported · #30/144)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 67.5% | 56.6% | Kimi K3 |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | 81.2% | 73.5% | Kimi K3 |
| ProgramBench | 77.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | 72.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | 42% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | 36.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | 48.3% | 41.0% | Kimi K3 |
| VulcanBench v3 | 73.7% | 81.2% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 57.3% | 60.8% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 25.9% | 15.8% | Kimi K3 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.2% | 87.9% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 93.4% | 85.6% | Kimi K3 |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 32.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 55.9% | Coming soon |
| PaperBench | Coming soon | 93.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 65.8 (#18/27)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 87.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 94.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 66.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 89.4 (#1/49)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 88.4 (#5/49)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 81.6% | 82.3% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 84.8% | 88.4% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| CharXiv | 91.3% | 93.5% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| MathVision | 94.3% | 95.2% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| MathVision w/ Python | 97.8% | 97.7% | Kimi K3 |
| BabyVision w/ Python | 85.7% | 91.3% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| ZeroBench | 23.0% | 24.0% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | 41.0% | 49.0% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| WorldVQA ForceAnswer | 51.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench | 91.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 58.5% | 63.5% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 82.0% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 69.0% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 92.1% | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 88.7% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 82.4% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 90.8% | Coming soon |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 81.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Kimi K3
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 67.9 (Supported · #18/171)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 66.1 (Supported · #23/171)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93.5% | 92.6% | Kimi K3 |
| GPQA-D | 93.5% | 92.6% | Kimi K3 |
| HLE | 56% | 43.6% | Kimi K3 |
| HLE w/o tools | 43.5% | 43.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.9% | 93.7% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 88.0% | 88.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 89.8 (#16/125)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 52.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K3 or Qwen3.8 Max?

Kimi K3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K3 and Qwen3.8 Max?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 65.8 for Kimi K3 and 87.7 for Qwen3.8 Max.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K3 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K3 currently has 48 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.8 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8 Max currently has 60 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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