2 models · 1,942 observations · under measurement since 2 May
Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen 3.6 Plus
Kyma serves all of these, so the availability, throughput and latency below are its own readings rather than anybody's marketing. What each creator publishes about its own model is further down, kept separate, and clearly theirs.
Kimi K2.6Moonshot
655 obs
since 2 May
259 from Kyma's own probe
Qwen 3.6 PlusAlibaba
1,287 obs
since 2 May
210 from Kyma's own probe
Availability, and how much of it we can actually see
Successful observations divided by total observations over the last 30 days, counting Kyma's own probe and real customer requests the same way. Same method and same figures as /models.
Kimi K2.6Qwen 3.6 PlusThe tinted band is the measurement's own grain. It is 0.5 points wide, which is what three failed requests are worth in the thinnest sample on this page. One or two is what luck looks like, so a lead has to clear all three before this page will call it. Scale starts at 93%, not at zero, and dot size is the size of the sample behind the figure.
Kimi K2.6 is ahead at 98.6%, by more than the thinnest sample here could produce by chance on 655 observations.
Throughput
Median tokens per second, from one identical prompt sent to every model every six hours, so the only variable left between two rows is the model.
Kimi K2.6Qwen 3.6 PlusLatency
Median time to a complete response on that same fixed prompt. It moves with output length, so it is a reading on one prompt rather than a promise about yours.
Kimi K2.6Qwen 3.6 PlusWhat a request costs today, per 1M tokens. A model on offer shows the rate you are actually charged and the date it returns to list.
| Fact | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen 3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
Input per 1M tokens | $0.7856 | $0.655 |
Output per 1M tokens | $3.667 | $3.93 |
Cached input repeated prefixes | not supported | not supported |
The specification each creator publishes for its own model, read straight from the catalogue Kyma serves from. Nothing in this block is a Kyma opinion.
| Fact | Kimi K2.6 | Qwen 3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
Context window tokens in one request | 262K | 131K |
Max output ceiling on one response | 33K | 33K |
Accepts | Text, image | Text |
Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
Vision input | Yes | Yes |
Weights | Openmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Closed |
Below release precision narrower than the creator shipped | None reported | Not established |
What this instrument does not measure
This page carries no benchmark scores, so it will not tell you which model is smarter. It tells you which is cheaper, which is faster, which stays up, and what each one accepts. For the quality question, run both on your own prompts: one key, one line changed, and the answer is about your work rather than someone else's test set.