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Qwen3.6-Plus vs Kimi K2.7 Code

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 12 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

AlibabaQwen3.6-Plus Released 31 Mar 2026 · $0.33 in · $1.95 out
Moonshot AIKimi K2.7 Code Released 12 Jun 2026 · $0.95 in · $4.00 out
Qwen3.6-Plus wins 6Kimi K2.7 Code wins 6

Of the 12 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 9 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-09-dd620e778ac5). See also Alibaba vs Moonshot AI, every model from both labs.

Qwen3.6-Plus or Kimi K2.7 Code? The short answer

They score about the same, so pick Qwen3.6-Plus: it costs 2.3 times less per token.

  • Qwen3.6-Plus is cheaper: $0.73 against $1.71 per million tokens, 2.3 times less.
  • Qwen3.6-Plus scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 27.0 against 25.8.
  • Kimi K2.7 Code is newer: released 12 Jun 2026, against 31 Mar 2026 for Qwen3.6-Plus.
  • On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.6-Plus does better for agents and tool use and sticking to the facts; Kimi K2.7 Code for reasoning and knowledge.

Head to head

27.0
Intelligence Index
25.8
$0.73
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$1.71
1,000,000
Context window, tokens
262,144

Every fact side by side

Qwen3.6-PlusKimi K2.7 Code
Price per million tokens$0.33 in · $1.95 out$0.95 in · $4.00 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.73$1.71
Cheapest host, blended–$1.28 (StreamLake)
Cached input, per million–$0.19 cached input
Intelligence Index27.025.8
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second–83
Context window1,000,000 tokens262,144 tokens
Released31 Mar 202612 Jun 2026 (newer)
WeightsClosedOpen
Developer based inChinaChina

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 63 of 164 59 of 164
Professional workReal tasks from banking, consulting and law, business documents and freelance projects not measured 41 of 51
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 67 of 198 57 of 198
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 54 of 188 not measured
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 80 of 152 97 of 152

Every shared result

Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.

MeasureQwen3.6-PlusKimi K2.7 Code
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 62 · 69 of 243 measured 27.0 25.8
GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 58 · 47 of 231 measured 88.2% 89.6%
Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 84 · 59 of 242 measured 27.8% 35.0%
SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) reported by SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) · 1 result
Correct answers% of questions, higher is better 38 · 47 of 76 measured 44.1% 36.5%
Vending-Bench 2 reported by Vending-Bench 2 · 1 result
Money after a yearUS dollars, higher is better 25 · 27 of 58 measured $5,115 $5,083
Show all 12 results (7 more)
MeasureQwen3.6-PlusKimi K2.7 Code
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 7 results
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks, higher is better 47 · 37 of 130 measured 61.4% 67.4%
τ-bench banking% of tasks, higher is better 48 · 50 of 121 measured 20.8% 20.2%
Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score, higher is better 50 · 38 of 131 measured 54.5 60.8
IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 29 · 74 of 195 measured 75.2% 63.1%
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 54 · 48 of 233 measured 78.3% 79.3%
Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better 23 · 22 of 190 measured 43.9% 44.7%
τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 7 · 42 of 193 measured 97.7% 90.1%

Quick answers

Is Qwen3.6-Plus better than Kimi K2.7 Code?

They score about the same, so pick Qwen3.6-Plus: it costs 2.3 times less per token.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6-Plus or Kimi K2.7 Code?

Qwen3.6-Plus is cheaper: $0.73 against $1.71 per million tokens, 2.3 times less.

Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.6-Plus or Kimi K2.7 Code?

Kimi K2.7 Code ranks 59 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 63 for Qwen3.6-Plus.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.6-Plus or Kimi K2.7 Code?

Kimi K2.7 Code ranks 57 of 198 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 67 for Qwen3.6-Plus.

Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.6-Plus or Kimi K2.7 Code?

Qwen3.6-Plus ranks 80 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 97 for Kimi K2.7 Code.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.6-Plus or Kimi K2.7 Code?

Qwen3.6-Plus: 1,000,000 tokens, against 262,144 for Kimi K2.7 Code.

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