Kimi K3 (Max) vs Qwen3.7 Max

Which is better for the money: Kimi K3 (Max) by Kimi or Qwen3.7 Max by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

KimiKimi K3 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 43.60
Total cost: $3658

AlibabaQwen3.7 MaxOff the frontier

Intelligence: 29.50
Total cost: $2277

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Kimi K3 (Max) scores 14.1 points higher (43.6 vs 29.5) but costs 1.6× as much to run the benchmark ($3658 vs $2277; both flagship class). Pick Kimi K3 (Max) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Qwen3.7 Max.

Metric	Kimi K3 (Max)	Qwen3.7 Max	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	43.6	29.5	−32.3% Qwen3.7 Max is 32.3% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$3,658.07	$2,277.12	−37.8% Qwen3.7 Max is 37.8% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	58.57s	16.57s	−71.7% Qwen3.7 Max is 71.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$3.00 / $15.0	$2.50 / $7.50
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text

Qwen3.7 Max vs Kimi K3 (Max): 32.3% less intelligence, 37.8% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 71.7% faster end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

Kimi K3 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55.10 for $3117.
Qwen3.7 Max is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.

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