Kimi K2 ThinkingvsQwen3.6-Plus
Kimi K2 Thinking | Qwen3.6-Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications | ||
ParametersA rough measure of how big the model is. More parameters usually means more capable and more expensive to run, though it is a poor guide on its own — a smaller, newer model often beats a larger, older one. | 1T | — |
Context windowHow much text the model can hold in mind at once — your question, any documents you attach, the conversation so far, and its own reply. Go past it and the earliest part falls out of view. | 256k | — |
| API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins · base tier | ||
Input priceWhat you pay for everything you send the model — your question, plus any documents or earlier conversation you include with it. | — | $0.50 |
Output priceWhat you pay for the text the model writes back. It is normally the dearer half: producing an answer costs more than reading one. | — | $3.00 |
Cheapest inputLowest input rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. The cheapest endpoint may run a quantised build or a shorter context — see "Available from" on the model page. | $0.60Google | — |
Cheapest outputLowest output rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. May come from a different provider than the cheapest input. | $2.50Google | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
SWE-Bench VerifiedCoding — Real coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 71.3% | 78.8% |
| BenchmarksPublished by one model only | ||
BullshitBench v2Nonsense detection — Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | — | 72% |
Humanity's Last Exam · with toolsMultidisciplinary reasoning — Humanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects. “With tools” means the AI is allowed to search the web or run code while answering. Higher is better. | — | 28.8% |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Moonshot AI | Qwen |
| Release date | Nov 6 2025 | Apr 2 2026 |
| Access | Open Weight | Proprietary |
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Frequently asked questions
Qwen3.6-Plus leads Kimi K2 Thinking on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). Only Qwen3.6-Plus has a verified first-party API price: $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Kimi K2 Thinking. Kimi K2 Thinking shipped 147 days before Qwen3.6-Plus, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Kimi K2 Thinking is open weight, while Qwen3.6-Plus is proprietary.
On SWE-Bench Verified, Qwen3.6-Plus leads at 78.8% vs Kimi K2 Thinking at 71.3%.
Kimi K2 Thinking was released by Moonshot AI on Nov 6 2025.
Qwen3.6-Plus was released by Qwen on Apr 2 2026.
Qwen3.6-Plus leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Kimi K2 Thinking 71.3% vs Qwen3.6-Plus 78.8%.
Only Qwen3.6-Plus has a verified first-party API price: $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Kimi K2 Thinking. Rates are pay-as-you-go API prices verified on August 18, 2026.
Kimi K2 Thinking is an open weight model released by Moonshot AI. Qwen3.6-Plus is a proprietary model released by Qwen.