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qwen3-max vs kimi-k2.5

Side-by-side comparison of qwen3-max and kimi-k2.5: benchmarks, pricing, context window and capabilities. Both are accessible through Requesty's unified API. kimi-k2.5 outperforms qwen3-max on 5 of 5 shared benchmarks.

Benchmark comparison

Intelligence Indexreasoning
qwen3-max25.0%
kimi-k2.527.6%
Coding Indexcoding
qwen3-maxN/A
kimi-k2.546.8%
GPQA Diamondreasoning
qwen3-max86.1%
kimi-k2.587.9%
Terminal-Bench Hardagentic
qwen3-max24.2%
kimi-k2.534.8%
τ²-Benchagentic
qwen3-max83.6%
kimi-k2.595.9%
Humanity's Last Examreasoning
qwen3-max28.0%
kimi-k2.530.7%

Scores sourced from official model cards, Artificial Analysis, and public leaderboards. Benchmarks measure specific skills and don't capture every aspect of model quality.

Pricing & specifications

qwen3-maxkimi-k2.5
Input price / 1M$0.86$0.60
Output price / 1M$3.44$3.00
Context window262K tokens262K tokens
Max output66K tokens262K tokens
Vision inputYesYes
Tool callingYesYes
ReasoningN/AYes
Prompt cachingYesYes
Computer useN/AN/A
ProviderAlibaba CloudMoonshot AI

Questions people ask

Is qwen3-max better than kimi-k2.5?
kimi-k2.5 outperforms qwen3-max on 5 of 5 shared benchmarks. See the benchmark comparison above for specifics: qwen3-max and kimi-k2.5 have different strengths across reasoning, coding, math and multimodal tasks.
Which is cheaper, qwen3-max or kimi-k2.5?
kimi-k2.5 is cheaper. qwen3-max costs $0.86/$3.44 per 1M input/output tokens, while kimi-k2.5 costs $0.60/$3.00.
Can I use qwen3-max and kimi-k2.5 through the same API?
Yes. Requesty provides a single OpenAI-compatible API that routes to both. Change just the "model" parameter to switch between "alibaba/qwen3-max" and "moonshot/kimi-k2.5", no other code changes needed.
What are the context windows?
qwen3-max supports up to 262K tokens of context. kimi-k2.5 supports up to 262K tokens. Longer context means you can feed larger documents or codebases in a single prompt, though quality often degrades past 128K for most models.

Switch between qwen3-max and kimi-k2.5 with one line of code

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