Model comparison
Kimi K3 vs Qwen3.7 Max
Head-to-head evidence from 25 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: Kimi K3 #4 (Supported); Qwen3.7 Max #10 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Kimi K3 and Qwen3.7 Max share 25 comparable benchmark results. 2 of 8 categories are comparable. 32 results are unique to Kimi K3; 33 to Qwen3.7 Max.
Updated July 23, 2026- Shared results
- 25
- Kimi K3 only
- 32
- Qwen3.7 Max only
- 33
- Comparable categories
- 2 / 8
Pick Kimi K3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.7 Max only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 25 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 2 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
Kimi K3 is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 80.96 to 72.84. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Kimi K3's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 89.5 against 69.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 88.3% to 69.7%. Qwen3.7 Max does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
Kimi K3 gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 1M for Qwen3.7 Max.
Category breakdown
Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.
| Category | Kimi K3 | Δ | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | Kimi K389.5 | Margin← 19.8 | Qwen3.7 Max69.7 |
| Knowledge | Kimi K361.0 | Margin→ 3.2 | Qwen3.7 Max64.2 |
| Coding | Kimi K3Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Max77.9 |
| Reasoning | Kimi K3Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Max90.4 |
| Math | Kimi K3Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Max97.1 |
| Multilingual | Kimi K3Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Max87.0 |
| Multimodal | Kimi K378.5 | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 MaxNot measured |
| Inst. Following | Kimi K3Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Max84.4 |
Decisive benchmark drivers
The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.
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Terminal-Bench 2.0
AgenticA 88.3%B 69.7%Winner: Kimi K3Δ 18.6Terminal-Bench 2.0: Kimi K3 scored 88.3%; Qwen3.7 Max scored 69.7%. Kimi K3 wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
HLE
KnowledgeA 56%B 41.4%Winner: Kimi K3Δ 14.6HLE: Kimi K3 scored 56%; Qwen3.7 Max scored 41.4%. Kimi K3 wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
GPQA
KnowledgeA 93.5%B 92.4%Winner: Kimi K3Δ 1.1GPQA: Kimi K3 scored 93.5%; Qwen3.7 Max scored 92.4%. Kimi K3 wins this benchmark.
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.7 Max | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Kimi K3$3 input / $15 output | Qwen3.7 MaxNot available | A complete price comparison is not available. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Kimi K3Not available | Qwen3.7 MaxNot available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Kimi K3Not available | Qwen3.7 MaxNot available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Kimi K31.05M | Qwen3.7 Max1M | Kimi K3 lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
AgenticKimi K3 wins31 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.7 Max | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | 88.3% | 69.7% | Kimi K3 leads |
| BrowseCompSource | 91.2% | — | Not comparable |
| DeepSearchQASource | 95.0% | — | Not comparable |
| Toolathlon-VerifiedSource | 73.2% | — | Not comparable |
| MCP AtlasSource | 84.2% | 76.4% | Kimi K3 leads |
| AutomationBenchSource | 30.8% | — | Not comparable |
| JobBenchSource | 52.9% | — | Not comparable |
| APEX-AgentsSource | 37.6% | — | Not comparable |
| SpreadsheetBench 2Source | 34.8% | — | Not comparable |
| DECK-BenchSource | 73.5% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | 50.1% | 30.6% | Kimi K3 leads |
| GDPval-AASource | 59.0% | 38.7% | Kimi K3 leads |
| GDPval-AASource | 1679 | 1273 | Kimi K3 leads |
| AA BriefcaseSource | 1543 | 908 | Kimi K3 leads |
| AA AutomationBenchSource | 52.7% | 25.6% | Kimi K3 leads |
| AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource | 45.3% | 45.0% | Kimi K3 leads |
| AA Harvey LABSource | 94.6% | 83.4% | Kimi K3 leads |
| AA Tau3 BankingSource | 33.4% | — | Not comparable |
| aaTerminalBench21Source | 85% | 74.5% | Kimi K3 leads |
| APEX-Agents-AASource | 41.3% | — | Not comparable |
| AA ITBenchSource | 47.7% | 42.5% | Kimi K3 leads |
| QwenClawBenchSource | — | 64.3% | Not comparable |
| QwenWebBenchSource | — | 1568 | Not comparable |
| Claw-EvalSource | — | 65.2% | Not comparable |
| BFCL v4Source | — | 75.0% | Not comparable |
| VITA-BenchSource | — | 47.9% | Not comparable |
| HLE w/ toolsSource | — | 53.5% | Not comparable |
| τ²-bench resultsSource | — | 94.7% | Not comparable |
| Gert LabsSource | — | 64.27% | Not comparable |
| ResearchClawBenchSource | — | 18.7% | Not comparable |
| terminalBenchHardSource | — | 50.8% | Not comparable |
Coding16 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.7 Max | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| deepSweSource | 67.5% | — | Not comparable |
| FrontierSWESource | 81.2% | — | Not comparable |
| ProgramBenchSource | 77.8% | — | Not comparable |
| Kimi Code Bench v2Source | 72.9% | — | Not comparable |
| sweMarathonSource | 42% | — | Not comparable |
| PostTrain BenchSource | 36.6% | — | Not comparable |
| MLS-Bench LiteSource | 48.3% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Coding IndexSource | 76.2% | 66.0% | Kimi K3 leads |
| AA-SciCodeSource | 58.7% | 48.8% | Kimi K3 leads |
| SWE-bench VerifiedSource | — | 80.4% | Not comparable |
| SWE-bench ProSource | — | 60.6% | Not comparable |
| SWE MultilingualSource | — | 78.3% | Not comparable |
| NL2RepoSource | — | 47.2% | Not comparable |
| SciCodeSource | — | 53.5% | Not comparable |
| LiveCodeBenchSource | — | 91.6% | Not comparable |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | — | 69.7% | Not comparable |
Reasoning3 benchmarks
KnowledgeQwen3.7 Max wins14 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.7 Max | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQASource | 93.5% | 92.4% | Kimi K3 leads |
| GPQA-DSource | 93.5% | 92.4% | Kimi K3 leads |
| HLESource | 56% | 41.4% | Kimi K3 leads |
| HLE w/o toolsSource | 43.5% | — | Not comparable |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 57.1% | 46.0% | Kimi K3 leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 93.5% | 92.3% | Kimi K3 leads |
| AA-HLESource | 44.3% | 38.1% | Kimi K3 leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | 18.4% | 14.1% | Kimi K3 leads |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 46.0% | 30.1% | Kimi K3 leads |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 50.9% | 22.9% | Qwen3.7 Max leads |
| MMLU-ProSource | — | 89.6% | Not comparable |
| MMLU-ReduxSource | — | 95% | Not comparable |
| SuperGPQASource | — | 73.6% | Not comparable |
| MMMLUSource | — | 90.3% | Not comparable |
Math3 benchmarks
Multilingual5 benchmarks
Multimodal15 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Qwen3.7 Max | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| OfficeQA ProSource | 63.3% | — | Not comparable |
| MMMU-ProSource | 81.6% | — | Not comparable |
| MMMU-Pro w/ PythonSource | 83.4% | — | Not comparable |
| CharXiv w/o toolsSource | 84.8% | — | Not comparable |
| CharXivSource | 91.3% | — | Not comparable |
| MathVisionSource | 94.3% | — | Not comparable |
| MathVision w/ PythonSource | 97.8% | — | Not comparable |
| BabyVision w/ PythonSource | 85.7% | — | Not comparable |
| ZeroBenchSource | 23.0% | — | Not comparable |
| ZeroBench w/ PythonSource | 41.0% | — | Not comparable |
| WorldVQA ForceAnswerSource | 51.0% | — | Not comparable |
| OmniDocBenchSource | 91.1% | — | Not comparable |
| PerceptionBenchSource | 58.5% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-MMMU-ProSource | 80.5% | — | Not comparable |
| Design Arena WebsiteSource | 1386 | 1293 | Kimi K3 leads |
Frequently Asked Questions (3)
Which is better, Kimi K3 or Qwen3.7 Max?
Kimi K3 is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 80.96 to 72.84. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 88.3% and 69.7%.
Which is better for knowledge tasks, Kimi K3 or Qwen3.7 Max?
Qwen3.7 Max has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 64.2 versus 61. Inside this category, AA-Omniscience Hallucination Rate is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Which is better for agentic tasks, Kimi K3 or Qwen3.7 Max?
Kimi K3 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 89.5 versus 69.7. Inside this category, AA Briefcase is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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