Kimi LinearvsQwen3-Max

Kimi Linear and Qwen3-Max don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Qwen3-Max shipped 36 days before Kimi Linear, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi Linear has 48B parameters, while Qwen3-Max has 1T. Kimi Linear is open weight, while Qwen3-Max is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Kimi Linear and Qwen3-Max don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.