Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Kimi K3.1 Pro leads Qwen3.6 Plus on coding, 82.2 to 44.1 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Qwen3.6 Plus costs 5.1x less per output token ($1.95 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 29, 2026; 16 benchmarks have a result for both.
Kimi K3.1 Pro or Qwen3.6 Plus: which to pick
Pick Kimi K3.1 Pro for coding: it scores 82.2 on the Vibe Coding Index against 44.1 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
Pick Qwen3.6 Plus for output tokens 5.1x cheaper ($1.95 vs $10.00 per million).
- Shared results
- 16
- Kimi K3.1 Pro only
- 19
- Qwen3.6 Plus only
- 65
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 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 44.1.
4 and 3 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
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Qwen3.6 Plus has a GPQA Diamond result, 87.4%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Qwen3.6 Plus has a AIME result, 94.6%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Qwen3.6 Plus has a MMLU Pro result, 87.7%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Kimi K3.1 Pro
Kimi K3.1 Pro leads, 1325 against 1241.
Same board, both measured
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 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.6 Plus
Kimi K3.1 Pro $0.0070, Qwen3.6 Plus $0.0013 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Qwen3.6 Plus has the number, $1.19.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Kimi K3.1 Pro 82.2 from 4 benchmarks, Qwen3.6 Plus 44.1 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 36.4 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Kimi K3.1 Pro 84.9% against Qwen3.6 Plus 25.6%, 59.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Kimi K3.1 Pro $10.00 against Qwen3.6 Plus $1.95 per million output tokens, 5.1x apart.
- Context window
- Kimi K3.1 Pro takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.6 Plus 1M.
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 Plus | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 5 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 7 | 0 | ||
| General | 1 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 16 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index50
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 81.8% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1695 | 1462 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 54.5 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.0% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 73.4% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 63.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 84.9% | 25.6% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 11.1% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 81.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.2% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| SciCode | 60.8% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 43.9% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1932.8 | 670.1 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1467 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1462 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1701 | 1454 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1706 | 1463 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1472 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 46.0 | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 147.3 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 40.9% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 24.9% | 7.7% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 37.5% | 14.9% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 11.7% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 32.9% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus 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 | 97.7% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $5,115 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 87.4% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| 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 |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 84.2% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 88.2% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 52.5% | 27.8% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 88.4% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 14.0% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 12.0% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1448 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1454 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1455 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 94.6% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 93.3% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 38.2% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| ProofBench | 91.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1449 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1449 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| MathArena | 59.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 87.7% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 84.2% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 51.5% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.9% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 74.7% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.0% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 36.9% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 44.1% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1439 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1442 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1437 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1430 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1325 | 1241 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1400 | 1227 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1410 | 1211 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1300 | 1229 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1451 | 1199 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1354 | 1234 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1328 | 1159 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1112 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LiveBench design | 77.8% | Not measured | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 Plus | 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 |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 77.0% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 51.5% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 75.2% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 86.3% | 78.3% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| DTBench | Not measured | 81.9% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 33.1% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| CL-bench | Not measured | 20.3% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1436 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1424 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1403 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1445 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1424 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1476 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1452 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1391 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1379 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1455 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1432 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1434 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1433 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1438 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1439 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1418 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1402 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Qwen3.6 Plus | 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 Plus costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.6 Plus costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.6 Plus 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 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Moonshot AI | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | October 23, 2026 | April 2, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.325 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $1.95 |
| Coding index | 82.2 | 44.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $1.19 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Kimi K3.1 Pro better than Qwen3.6 Plus for coding?
Pick Kimi K3.1 Pro for coding: it scores 82.2 on the Vibe Coding Index against 44.1 for Qwen3.6 Plus. Pick Qwen3.6 Plus for output tokens 5.1x cheaper ($1.95 vs $10.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Kimi K3.1 Pro or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Kimi K3.1 Pro costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Plus costs $0.325 and $1.95. Cost per solved task is known for Qwen3.6 Plus only.
Which has the bigger context window, Kimi K3.1 Pro or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Kimi K3.1 Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Qwen3.6 Plus comparison based on?
16 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 Plus's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.