Kimi K2 0711 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Kimi K2 0711 leads Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 12.7 to 9.9, and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs 1.2x less per output token ($1.90 vs $2.30 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 11 benchmarks have a result for both.
Kimi K2 0711 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Kimi K2 0711 for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 11
- Kimi K2 0711 only
- 26
- Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct only
- 38
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Kimi K2 0711
Kimi K2 0711 leads, 12.7 against 9.9.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Kimi K2 0711 has a GPQA Diamond result, 71.5%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Kimi K2 0711 has a AIME result, 62.7%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Kimi K2 0711 has a MMLU Pro result, 79.4%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Kimi K2 0711 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1050.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct takes 262K tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Kimi K2 0711 $0.0017, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct $0.0012 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Kimi K2 0711 not benchmarked, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 31.3 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run): Kimi K2 0711 57.0% against Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 88.3%, 31.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Kimi K2 0711 $2.30 against Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct $1.90 per million output tokens, 1.2x apart.
- Context window
- Kimi K2 0711 takes 131K tokens, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 262K.
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.
| Category | Kimi K2 0711 | Bars | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 2 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 1 | ||
| General | 0 | 2 | ||
| All shared boards | 3 | 8 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index11
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 59.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 70.5% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 55.6% | 64.6% | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 15.9% | 11.4% | Kimi K2 0711 |
| Terminal-Bench | 27.8% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| GSO-Bench | 4.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| WeirdML | 39.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1438 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1442 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 12.7 | 9.9 | Kimi K2 0711 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.0 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 61.1% | 54.1% | Kimi K2 0711 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 71.5% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.6% | 77.2% | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 7.4% | 11.9% | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| SimpleBench | 26.3% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1428 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1442 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1439 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1255 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1277 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 64.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 62.7% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 94.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 91.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| AA Math Index | 57.0 | 88.3 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 57.0% | 88.3% | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1425 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1419 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 79.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 81.5% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 50.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 70.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 84.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 82.4% | 83.6% | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1444 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1431 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1438 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1433 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1050 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1027 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 973 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1018 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1033 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 41.5% | 56.5% | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 53.0% | 63.7% | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 85.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| CL-bench | 11.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1420 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1406 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1366 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1247 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1429 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1405 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1463 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1424 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1385 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1394 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1452 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1428 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1408 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1419 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1428 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1419 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1392 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1368 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1256 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1283 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1253 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1209 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | Not measured | 1281 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1249 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1220 | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 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.
| Specification | MoonshotAI Kimi K2 0711 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Moonshot AI | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | July 11, 2025 | September 23, 2025 |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.57 | $0.21 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.30 | $1.90 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Kimi K2 0711 better than Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Kimi K2 0711 for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Kimi K2 0711 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?
Kimi K2 0711 costs $0.57 per million input tokens and $2.30 per million output tokens; Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs $0.21 and $1.90. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Kimi K2 0711 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the Kimi K2 0711 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct comparison based on?
11 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Kimi K2 0711's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.