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Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Kimi K2.6 leads Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 27.0 to 11.9, and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs 2.7x less per output token ($1.50 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 45 benchmarks have a result for both.

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Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI
Coding
52.1
Overall
60.5
Output $/M
$4.00
45
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.50
0
vs boards won of 45 shared

Kimi K2.6 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: which to pick

Only Kimi K2.6 has a coding score, 52.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for output tokens 2.7x cheaper ($1.50 vs $4.00 per million).

Model AKimi K2.6Moonshot AI52.1/1003 independent benchmarks$0.35 per solved taskModel BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwenNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
45
Kimi K2.6 only
64
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B only
8
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Kimi K2.6 52.1 from 3 benchmarks, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B not benchmarked.
Widest category
Agentic work, 52.3 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
τ²-Bench Telecom: Kimi K2.6 95.9% against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 43.6%, 52.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Kimi K2.6 $4.00 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B $1.50 per million output tokens, 2.7x apart.
Context window
Both take 262K tokens.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryKimi K2.6BarsQwen3 Coder 480B A35BTies
Coding80
Intelligence10
Agentic work10
Reasoning50
Math20
Knowledge40
Web design50
General190
All shared boards450
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index80
Coding benchmarks for Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured69.6%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena WebDev15091275Kimi K2.6
AA Coding Index61.8Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)86.8%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)76.2%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)37.9%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Code migration (Vals AI)27.8%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)53.6%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured58.5%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
SciCode51.5%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)43.9%18.9%Kimi K2.6
Terminal-BenchNot measured27.2%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
GSO-BenchNot measured4.9%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
WeirdML55.9%41.2%Kimi K2.6
ALE-Bench1092.7461.4Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: coding14891412Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: software and IT14841393Kimi K2.6
LMArena WebDev: React15051257Kimi K2.6
LMArena WebDev: HTML14851287Kimi K2.6
LMArena WebDev: from an image1521Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AA Intelligence Index27.011.9Kimi K2.6
Epoch Capabilities Index150.9Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AA Agentic Index20.5Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building web apps1268Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps1155Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps1156Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building Android apps1161Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building Godot games1120Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building games1141Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Design Arena: HTML slides1135Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides1103Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Design Arena: spreadsheets1276Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)44.9%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)12.4%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)15.9%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)57.9%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
τ²-Bench Telecom95.9%43.6%Kimi K2.6
OSWorld 2.04.6%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Vending-Bench 2$6,205Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Reasoning benchmarks for Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
GPQA Diamond89.1%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)86.3%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)91.1%61.8%Kimi K2.6
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)37.5%4.5%Kimi K2.6
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)90.8%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Chess puzzles20.0%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Mystery game puzzles18.0%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
EBR-bench2.4%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14701372Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: expert14911338Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14711380Kimi K2.6
LMArena Vision: diagrams1298Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Vision: homework1310Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Kagi LLM BenchmarkNot measured49.5%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AA Math IndexNot measured39.3Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured39.3%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
OTIS Mock AIME96.1%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 357.2%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
FrontierMath, tier 425.6%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
ProofBench16.0%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Text: math14741365Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: mathematical work14801367Kimi K2.6
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
MMLU Pro87.6%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)84.7%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)61.2%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)66.7%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)74.7%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)65.8%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)40.1%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured78.8%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
SimpleQA Verified34.9%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Text: science14681347Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14571347Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: legal and government14621358Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: business and finance14451343Kimi K2.6
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Web design benchmarks for Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Design Arena: websites12681158Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: UI components12631110Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: game dev12501098Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: data viz12491084Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: 3D1267Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Design Arena: all code categories12711142Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: SVG1181Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1165Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index190
General benchmarks for Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)56.6%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
SAGE (Vals AI)50.2%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)78.2%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Vals Multimodal Index56.4%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
IFBench76.0%40.5%Kimi K2.6
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)81.0%45.7%Kimi K2.6
DTBench90.9%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
LMCA37.3%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Furniture assembly21.7%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
ExploitBench18.4%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Text14551357Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: instruction following14511355Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: creative writing14341333Kimi K2.6
LMArena Vision1282Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Text: English14601359Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: non-English14461346Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: Chinese15201357Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: German14511325Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: Japanese14431311Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: Korean14271305Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: French14711398Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: Spanish14641360Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: Russian14461366Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: Polish14381344Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: multi-turn14531366Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: longer queries14681378Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: writing and language14391340Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14281317Kimi K2.6
LMArena Vision: English1287Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1346Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1291Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Vision: humor1280Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1273Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Document1451Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.6 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkKimi K2.6Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Kimi K2.6$0.0029Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.0010Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Kimi K2.6$0.059Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.019Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Kimi K2.6$0.230Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.075Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
SpecificationMoonshotAI Kimi K2.6Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
MakerMoonshot AIQwen
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedApril 20, 2026July 23, 2025
Context window262K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.95$0.30
Output $/Mtok$4.00$1.50
Coding index52.1Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it31
Cost per solved task$0.35Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Kimi K2.6 better than Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for coding?

Only Kimi K2.6 has a coding score, 52.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for output tokens 2.7x cheaper ($1.50 vs $4.00 per million).

Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.6 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Kimi K2.6 costs $0.95 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs $0.30 and $1.50. Cost per solved task is known for Kimi K2.6 only.

Which has the bigger context window, Kimi K2.6 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Neither: both take 262K tokens.

How many benchmarks is the Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B comparison based on?

45 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Kimi K2.6's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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