Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Wins 6 of 7 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Images and charts · Long documents
Wins 0 of 7 areas
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Kimi K2.6 is the stronger all-rounder.Qwen3.5 122B A10B is cheaper.
Scores updated · 40 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the seven areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software80Kimi K2.68 of 8 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own40Kimi K2.64 of 5 tests · 1 tie
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking30Kimi K2.63 of 3 tests
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video30Kimi K2.63 of 3 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20Kimi K2.62 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Kimi K2.61 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked00Even0 each · 1 tie
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Qwen3.5 122B A10B costs 27% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Kimi K2.6 pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+46.6points ahead
- Finds hard-to-locate facts by browsing the webBrowseComp+22.5points ahead
- Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+18.3points ahead
Where Qwen3.5 122B A10B pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 40 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingKimi K2.6
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Kimi K2.6 by 18.365.947.6+18.3
- LMArena · WebDevKimi K2.6 by 150 rating points15101360+150 rating
- SWE-bench MultilingualKimi K2.6 by 14.776.762+14.7
- SWE-bench ProKimi K2.6 by 13.758.644.9+13.7
- Terminal-Bench HardKimi K2.6 by 12.843.931.1+12.8
- SciCodeKimi K2.6 by 11.851.539.7+11.8
- LiveCodeBench v6Kimi K2.6 by 10.789.678.9+10.7
- SWE-bench VerifiedKimi K2.6 by 8.280.272+8.2
AgentsKimi K2.6
- BrowseCompKimi K2.6 by 22.586.363.8+22.5
- OSWorld-VerifiedKimi K2.6 by 15.173.158+15.1
- GDPValKimi K2.6 by 11.226.915.7+11.2
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingKimi K2.6 by 823.315.3+8
- Terminal-Bench 4.0tie0.50tie
ReasoningKimi K2.6
- Humanity's Last ExamKimi K2.6 by 12.337.525.2+12.3
- CritPtKimi K2.6 by 7.480.6+7.4
- GPQA DiamondKimi K2.6 by 5.491.185.7+5.4
FactsKimi K2.6
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationKimi K2.6 by 46.659.512.9+46.6
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyKimi K2.6 by 8.232.624.4+8.2
- Vectara HHEM hallucination ratelower is bettertie10.811.2tie
Images and chartsKimi K2.6
- CharXiv (RQ)Kimi K2.6 by 9.586.777.2+9.5
- MMMU-ProKimi K2.6 by 4.479.475+4.4
- LMArena · VisionKimi K2.6 by 38 rating points12831245+38 rating
Other results16 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceKimi K2.6 by 46.85.3-41.5+46.8
- GDPval-AA v2Kimi K2.6 by 329 rating points1190861+329 rating
- BabyVisionKimi K2.6 by 28.368.540.2+28.3
- OJBenchKimi K2.6 by 21.160.639.5+21.1
- WideSearchKimi K2.6 by 20.380.860.5+20.3
- Terminal-Bench 2.0Kimi K2.6 by 17.366.749.4+17.3
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexKimi K2.6 by 16.161.845.7+16.1
- AA Agentic IndexKimi K2.6 by 12.522.19.6+12.5
- AA IntelligenceKimi K2.6 by 11.42715.6+11.4
- MATH-VisionKimi K2.6 by 793.286.2+7
- τ³-Bench BankingKimi K2.6 by 6.420.614.2+6.4
- vectara_avg_summary_lengthKimi K2.6 by 30.3 rating points116.786.4+30.3 rating
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Kimi K2.6 by 2.395.993.6+2.3
- MMLU-Protie87.186.7tie
- vectara_factual_consistencytie89.288.8tie
- vectara_answer_ratetie99.799.8tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Kimi K2.6 or Qwen3.5 122B A10B?
Kimi K2.6 wins six of the seven areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, images and charts and long documents. Qwen3.5 122B A10B wins none, but costs 27% less. They are level on following instructions.
Which is better for coding?
Kimi K2.6. It wins 8 of the 8 coding tests both models report; Qwen3.5 122B A10B wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Kimi K2.6 costs $0.95 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 122B A10B costs $0.40 and $3.20. That makes Qwen3.5 122B A10B about 27% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 40 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 24 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 16 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.