Kimi K2 Thinking vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Kimi K2 Thinking vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

KimiKimi K2 ThinkingNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
22.00
Total cost
-
AlibabaQwen3.8-Flash-NextOff the frontier
Intelligence
39.80
Total cost
$363
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricKimi K2 ThinkingQwen3.8-Flash-NextDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)22.039.8+80.9% Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 80.9% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$362.72— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)22.49s50.49s+124.5% Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 124.5% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.60 / $2.50$0.15 / $0.47
Input modalitiesTextText, Image, Video
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