Qwen3.7-Max vs Kimi K2.6

Alibaba's Qwen3.7-Max and Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.6 compared on specs, pricing, and capabilities — as configured in AI Crucible ensembles.

Kimi K2.6 input tokens are 2.6x cheaper than Qwen3.7-Max ($1.14 vs $3.00 per 1M tokens).
Kimi K2.6 output tokens are 1.9x cheaper than Qwen3.7-Max ($4.80 vs $9.00 per 1M tokens).
Qwen3.7-Max offers the larger context window: 1M tokens vs 262K tokens for Kimi K2.6.

Specification	Qwen3.7-Max	Kimi K2.6
Provider	Alibaba	Moonshot AI
API model ID	qwen3.7-max	kimi-k2.6
Description	Alibaba's flagship Qwen3.7 model with 1M context and native extended-thinking, leading on SWE-Pro and Terminal-Bench agentic benchmarks.	Moonshot AI's latest flagship native multimodal agentic model with deep reasoning and 256K context.
Context window	1M tokens	262K tokens
Max output tokens	65,536	8,192
Input cost ($/1M tokens)	$3.00	$1.14
Output cost ($/1M tokens)	$9.00	$4.80
Cache read cost ($/1M tokens)	$0.30	$0.19
Latency	medium	medium
Reasoning model	Yes	Yes
Vision (image input)	Yes	Yes
Tool use	Yes	Yes