Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct 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 Linear 48B A3B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
7.30
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 Linear 48B A3B InstructQwen3.8-Flash-NextDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)7.339.8+445.2% Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 5.5× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$362.72— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)Not reported50.49s— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)—$0.15 / $0.47
Input modalitiesTextText, Image, Video
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