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MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B

Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B wins on more metrics (6 of 6), but the right pick depends on what you optimize for — see the breakdown below.

MetricMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 ThinkingQwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Intelligence Index32.733.7
Coding Index48.2
GPQA Diamond84%89%
Design Arena Elo11381218
Speed (tokens/sec)
Latency
Input price /M$0.600$0.390
Output price /M$2.50$2.34
Context window262K262K
CapabilitiesReasoningToolsJSONReasoningToolsJSONVision

Frequently asked

Is MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking better than Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B wins on more metrics (6 of 6), but the right pick depends on what you optimize for — see the breakdown below.

What are the biggest differences between MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking and Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

The table on this page compares MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking and Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B metric by metric — intelligence benchmarks, coding score, speed, latency, context window and per-token price — with the winner marked on each row. Data refreshes hourly.