Across 20 shared benchmarks, Kimi K2.6 scores higher on 20 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning on 0. The widest gap is OmniScience Non-Hallucination, where Kimi K2.6 scores 60.7 against 14.8. Tracked API pricing per million tokens: Kimi K2.6 $0.95 in / $4.00 out, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning $0.40 in / $4.00 out.
Best tracked score per model per benchmark (default configuration; source-attributed). ↓ marks lower-is-better metrics. Open either model for its full surface, provenance and pricing. Quoted rates are the price-setter row we currently track for each model — its direct or vendor-official listing where one exists (direct, alibaba-official), otherwise the lowest tracked offer.