Data points: 68
Model compare
The readout for Kimi K2.5 and Qwen3 Coder, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: Qwen3 Coder. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
Qwen3 Coder
Qwen3 Coder has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 40 to 60.
Evidence depth
68 data points
Includes 0 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 7 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with Qwen3 Coder
The charts below split 7 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for Kimi K2.5 and Qwen3 Coder: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | Kimi K2.5 | Qwen3 Coder |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Contender | Leading |
| Weighted overall score | 40.0 pts | 60.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 0 categories | 0 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, Provider coverage | Average speed, First-token latency, Free providers |
| Context window | 262.1K tokens | 262.1K tokens |
| Max output | 262.1K tokens | 65.5K tokens |
| Modalities | Input TextImage Output Text | Input |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | Kimi K2.5 | Qwen3 Coder |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | MoonshotAI | Qwen |
| Released | Jan 2026 | Jul 2025 |
| Parameters | No data | 480B / 35B active |
| Tokenizer | Other | Qwen3 |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | 2025-06-30 |
| OpenRouter ID | moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 | qwen/qwen3-coder |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Kimi K2.5 and Qwen3 Coder: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
Kimi K2.5
Kimi K2.5 has these operational advantages: Cheapest input price, Provider coverage.
Qwen3 Coder
Qwen3 Coder has these operational advantages: Average speed, First-token latency, Free providers.
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
Kimi K2.5
49.7
Avg. score
Qwen3 Coder
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Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
No shared professional benchmark scores are available yet.
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Kimi K2.5 | Qwen3 Coder |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Kimi K2.5 | Qwen3 Coder |
|---|---|---|
10 tests | Kimi K2.5 speed / latency 66 tok/s / 13195ms input / output No data | Qwen3 Coder speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Kimi K2.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Qwen3 Coder speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Kimi K2.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Qwen3 Coder speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Kimi K2.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Qwen3 Coder speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Kimi K2.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Qwen3 Coder speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Kimi K2.5 kimi-k2.5 speed / latency No data input / output $0.031/M/$0.132/M | Qwen3 Coder qwen3-coder speed / latency No data input / output $0/M | |
Kimi K2.5 kimi-k2.5 speed / latency No data input / output $0.600/M/$3.00/M | Qwen3 Coder qwen/qwen3-coder:free speed / latency No data input / output $0/M |
Weighted outcome: Qwen3 Coder. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Output
| Features | Text inputImage inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON mode |
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