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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Kimi K2.7 Code vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Kimi K2.7 Code comes out ahead, 64 to 54 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    Moonshot AI

    Kimi K2.7 Code

    Released Jun 12, 2026

    64/100
    • ECI150.0
    • Price$0.95 / $4.00
    • Context262K
    Full specs Remove Kimi K2.7 Code

  2. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3.6 Max Preview

    Released Apr 20, 2026

    54/100
    • ECI149.2
    • Price$1.30 / $7.80
    • Context262K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3.6 Max Preview

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01 — Verdict

Kimi K2.7 Code is our pick

Kimi K2.7 Code is the better all-round choice, scoring 64/100 against Qwen3.6 Max Preview (54). It leads on price and inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityKimi K2.7 CodeCapabilities Index (ECI): Kimi K2.7 Code 150.0 · Qwen3.6 Max Preview 149.2
  • Lowest priceKimi K2.7 CodeKimi K2.7 Code $1.71 · Qwen3.6 Max Preview $2.92 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextAbout the sameKimi K2.7 Code 262,144 · Qwen3.6 Max Preview 262,144 tokens
  • Widest inputsKimi K2.7 CodeKimi K2.7 Code: Text, Images, Video · Qwen3.6 Max Preview: Text
  • Self-hostingKimi K2.7 CodePublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightKimi K2.7 CodeQwen3.6 Max Preview
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%7877
Price25%3928
Inputs & features15%8035
Context window10%3737
Overall100%64/10054/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Kimi K2.7 Code vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview specifications side by side
SpecificationKimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AIQwen3.6 Max PreviewAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)150.0 (best)149.2
ECI rank#49 of 148 (best)#54 of 148
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions87.9% (best)87.4%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics54.0%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics95.6% (best)91.1%
SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues—76.7%
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions36.5%52.0% (best)
Price per million tokens
Input$0.95 (best)$1.30
Output$4.00 (best)$7.80
Cached input$0.19$0.13 (best)
Blended (3:1)$1.71 (best)$2.92
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Moonshot AI APIOfficial Alibaba API
Limits
Context window262,144 tokens262,144 tokens
Max output262,144 tokens (best)65,536 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesNo
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoYesNo
ReasoningYesYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesNo
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietary
API model IDkimi-k2.7-codeqwen3.6-max-preview
API providers51 (best)10
ReleasedJun 12, 2026Apr 20, 2026
Knowledge cutoffJan 2025Apr 2025
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Kimi K2.7 Code$17.50
  • Qwen3.6 Max Preview$28.60
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Kimi K2.7 Code or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Kimi K2.7 Code is the better all-round choice, scoring 64/100 against Qwen3.6 Max Preview (54). It leads on price and inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.7 Code or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Kimi K2.7 Code is cheaper at $0.95 input / $4.00 output per million tokens (official Moonshot AI API price). Qwen3.6 Max Preview costs $1.30 input / $7.80 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $1.71 per million tokens for Kimi K2.7 Code versus $2.92 for Qwen3.6 Max Preview (1.7× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Kimi K2.7 Code 150.0 (#49 of 148) and Qwen3.6 Max Preview 149.2 (#54 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (148.1–151.8 vs 147.6–152.0), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Kimi K2.7 Code 87.9%, Qwen3.6 Max Preview 87.4%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Kimi K2.7 Code 95.6%, Qwen3.6 Max Preview 91.1%; SimpleQA Verified — Qwen3.6 Max Preview 52.0%, Kimi K2.7 Code 36.5%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Kimi K2.7 Code yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Kimi K2.7 Code leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Kimi K2.7 Code and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share the same 262,144-token context window. Maximum output per response: Kimi K2.7 Code up to 262,144, Qwen3.6 Max Preview up to 65,536 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Kimi K2.7 Code accepts text, images and video; Qwen3.6 Max Preview accepts text. Kimi K2.7 Code handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Kimi K2.7 Code publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Qwen3.6 Max Preview is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Kimi K2.7 Code is the newest, released Jun 12, 2026. Qwen3.6 Max Preview came out Apr 20, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Kimi K2.7 Code Jan 2025, Qwen3.6 Max Preview Apr 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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