Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2 0905 leads with 2.4% higher average benchmark score. Kimi K2 0905 offers 393.2K more tokens in context window than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is $1.45 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 was introduced as the second generation of Moonshot's language model family, designed to provide enhanced capabilities across language understanding and generation. Built with architectural improvements and expanded training, it represents a significant advancement in Moonshot's model offerings.
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.
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Kimi K2 0905
Moonshot AI
2025-09-05

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Kimi K2 0905

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Kimi K2 0905

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

Kimi K2 0905
Novita
ZeroEval

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Kimi K2 0905

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Kimi K2 0905

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Novita