Across 27 shared benchmarks, Kimi K2 Instruct scores higher on 2 and Qwen3.6 Plus on 25. The widest gap is HLE, where Qwen3.6 Plus scores 28.8 against 7.9. Tracked API pricing per million tokens: Kimi K2 Instruct $0.60 in / $2.50 out, Qwen3.6 Plus $0.50 in / $3.00 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.