Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Kimi-k1.5 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K1.5 was developed by Moonshot AI as an advanced language model with extended context capabilities, designed to handle long documents and conversations. Built to excel at tasks requiring comprehension of extensive information, it represents Moonshot's approach to long-context language understanding.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next 80B Instruct was developed as the instruction-tuned version of Qwen3-Next 80B, designed to combine large-scale mixture-of-experts architecture with reliable instruction-following. Built to demonstrate efficient deployment of capable models, it balances advanced performance with practical computational efficiency.
7 months newer

Kimi-k1.5
Moonshot AI
2025-01-20

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Kimi-k1.5

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Kimi-k1.5

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Novita

Kimi-k1.5

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Kimi-k1.5

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct