Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct leads with 20.1% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Base was created as the foundation model in the K2 series, designed to serve as a starting point for fine-tuning and customization. Built to provide strong base capabilities for domain-specific applications, it enables developers to build specialized solutions on Moonshot's architecture.
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.
2 months newer

Kimi K2 Base
Moonshot AI
2025-07-11

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Kimi K2 Base

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

Kimi K2 Base

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Novita

Kimi K2 Base

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Kimi K2 Base

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct