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  3. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 is more budget-friendly at $2.3/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Both MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 and Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B present distinct architectural strengths. Compare the verified benchmark matrix below to choose the model tailored to your specific application requirements.
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Executive Verdict Summary

Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B holds empirical advantage (2 of 3 metrics)

Coding / SWESWE-bench
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711Top code solve rate
ReasoningGPQA / Live
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711Top logical accuracy
Best Value$/1M Tok
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711Lowest API billing cost
Speed / TokTok/Sec
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711Fastest stream rate

Verified Advantage Breakdown

3 benchmarks evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 (1)Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B (2)
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711
1 of 3 Wins
✓Output price
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
2 of 3 Wins
✓Input price✓Context window
Moonshot
Leads 1 of 3
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (moonshotai/kimi-k2). Preview until a second source matches.

K2 BaseElo 1,465In: $0.57 · Out: $2.3/1M
Alibaba
Leads 2 of 3
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (qwen/qwen3.5-122b-a10b). Preview until a second source matches.

In: $0.29 · Out: $2.4/1M

Kimi Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

4 models

Currently comparing MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B. Alternative family tiers available.

Active: MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711
Kimi K3$15MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5$2.85Kimi Chat 1.5$0.8
Top Rival Showdowns for MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711
All Matchups
Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5vs GPT-5vs Gemini 3 Provs Grok 4.6vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 Wins

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

$2.3 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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0–100 %ile

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 (8)vsQwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B (2)
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 8W (80%)Overall: MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: 2W (20%)
← MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B →
🏆MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 Leads(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711vsQwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
Preference Elo
1,465vs—
Coding Elo
1,470vs—
SWE-bench
65.8%vs—
LiveBench
62.8%vs—
GPQA Diamond
76.5%vs—
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 5WQwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: 0W
🏆MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 Leads(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711vsQwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
Output speed
85 tok/svs—
Time to first token
240 msvs—
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 2WQwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: 0W
🏆Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B Leads(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711vsQwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
Output price
$2.3/1Mvs$2.4/1M+$0.1/1M
Input price
$0.57/1Mvs$0.29/1M+$0.28/1M
Context window
131kvs262k+131k
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 1WQwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: 2W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
Preference Elo
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 07111,465
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B—
Coding Elo
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 07111,470
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B—
LiveBench
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 071162.8%
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B—
SWE-bench
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 071165.8%
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B—
GPQA Diamond
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 071176.5%
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B—
Time to first token
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711240 ms
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B—
Output speed
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 071185 tok/s
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B—
Input priceQwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B +$0.28/1M
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711$0.57/1M
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B$0.29/1M
Output priceMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 +$0.1/1M
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711$2.3/1M
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B$2.4/1M
Context windowQwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B +131k
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711131k
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B262k
BenchmarkMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAdvantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,465
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
Coding Elo
1,470
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
LiveBench
62.8%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
SWE-bench
65.8%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
GPQA Diamond
76.5%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Time to first token
240 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Output speed
85 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Input price
$0.57/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
$0.29/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$0.28/1M
Output price
$2.3/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
$2.4/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$0.1/1M
Context window
131k
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
262k
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+131k

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save 15% with Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo
Quick Presets:
Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out
RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711$54.45 / mo
In: $19.95Out: $34.5
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B$46.15 / mo
In: $10.15Out: $36
Estimated Cost Delta

Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is estimated to save $8.30/month ($100/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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    MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711:Pick MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

Lower output list price ($2.3/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGQwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visionMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsinsufficient dataNeed SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chatMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711Lower output list price ($2.3/1M).
Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient dataNeed TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAGQwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10BLarger window (262k).
Screenshots / visionMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

Elo 1,465
SWE-bench65.8%
Speed (tok/s)85 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$0.57/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$2.3/1M
Alibaba

Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Elo n/a
SWE-bench—
Speed (tok/s)262k
Input / 1M Tokens$0.29/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$2.4/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 or Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?
We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 or Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?
SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 output tokens are $2.3/1M versus $2.4/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 or Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?
We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B accepts 262k tokens versus 131k.
Can I self-host either model?
Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?
No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?
Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 and Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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