Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Qwen3.6 27B
Kimi K3.1 Pro leads Qwen3.6 27B on coding, 82.2 to 36.8 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Qwen3.6 27B costs 3.7x less per output token ($2.70 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 29, 2026; 4 benchmarks have a result for both.
Kimi K3.1 Pro or Qwen3.6 27B: which to pick
Pick Kimi K3.1 Pro for coding: it scores 82.2 on the Vibe Coding Index against 36.8 for Qwen3.6 27B.
Pick Qwen3.6 27B for output tokens 3.7x cheaper ($2.70 vs $10.00 per million).
- Shared results
- 4
- Kimi K3.1 Pro only
- 31
- Qwen3.6 27B only
- 19
- Like-for-like categories
- 3 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
Kimi K3.1 Pro
Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 82.2 against 36.8.
4 and 2 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Kimi K3.1 Pro has a AA Intelligence Index result, 46.0.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Qwen3.6 27B has a AA Agentic Index result, 18.5.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Kimi K3.1 Pro has a Design Arena: websites result, 1325.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Kimi K3.1 Pro has a Vals Index result, 62.5%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Kimi K3.1 Pro
Kimi K3.1 Pro takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.6 27B
Kimi K3.1 Pro $0.0070, Qwen3.6 27B $0.0018 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Qwen3.6 27B has the number, $1.30.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Kimi K3.1 Pro 82.2 from 4 benchmarks, Qwen3.6 27B 36.8 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 45.5 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Kimi K3.1 Pro 84.9% against Qwen3.6 27B 11.9%, 73.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Kimi K3.1 Pro $10.00 against Qwen3.6 27B $2.70 per million output tokens, 3.7x apart.
- Context window
- Kimi K3.1 Pro takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.6 27B 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 K3.1 Pro | Bars | Qwen3.6 27B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 0 | ||
| General | 1 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 4 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 81.8% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1695 | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 53.7 | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 70.0% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 63.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 84.9% | 11.9% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 81.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| SciCode | 60.8% | 42.8% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 34.8% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1932.8 | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1701 | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1706 | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 46.0 | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 146.2 | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 18.5 | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| LiveBench research | 77.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LiveBench browser | 75.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 39.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 24.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 37.5% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 11.7% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 75.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 31.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Vals Science Index | 44.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 94.2% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | 91.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 26.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 84.2% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 52.5% | 23.1% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 85.9% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 7.0% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 91.1% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 35.1% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| ProofBench | 91.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| MathArena | 59.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.2% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 62.3% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 71.3% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.3% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1325 | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1400 | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1410 | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1300 | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1451 | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1354 | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1328 | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LiveBench design | 77.8% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 62.5% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 79.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 67.6% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 86.3% | 77.3% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| DTBench | Not measured | 78.1% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 34.5% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| EQ-Bench 4 | Not measured | 1015 | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 41 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 27B | 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
Qwen3.6 27B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.6 27B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.6 27B 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 K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Moonshot AI | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 23, 2026 | April 27, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.45 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $2.70 |
| Coding index | 82.2 | 36.8 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $1.30 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Kimi K3.1 Pro better than Qwen3.6 27B for coding?
Pick Kimi K3.1 Pro for coding: it scores 82.2 on the Vibe Coding Index against 36.8 for Qwen3.6 27B. Pick Qwen3.6 27B for output tokens 3.7x cheaper ($2.70 vs $10.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Kimi K3.1 Pro or Qwen3.6 27B?
Kimi K3.1 Pro costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 27B costs $0.45 and $2.70. Cost per solved task is known for Qwen3.6 27B only.
Which has the bigger context window, Kimi K3.1 Pro or Qwen3.6 27B?
Kimi K3.1 Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Qwen3.6 27B comparison based on?
4 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 29, 2026. Kimi K3.1 Pro's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.6 27B's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.