Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking leads with 1.7% higher average benchmark score. 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 Thinking was created as a reasoning-enhanced variant, designed to incorporate extended analytical capabilities into the Qwen3-Next architecture. Built to handle complex problem-solving with mixture-of-experts efficiency, it serves applications requiring both deep reasoning and computational practicality.
7 months newer

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

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

Kimi-k1.5

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Novita

Kimi-k1.5

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

Kimi-k1.5

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking