Kimi K3 vs Qwen3.8 Max: scores, price and which to pick

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Our take

Qwen3.8 Max wins 3 of 4 categories and costs less: 2.0× cheaper for everyday text work. Easy pick.

Overall6566Best

Coding7475Best

Writing6975Best

Support73Best72

Value5258Best

Input / 1M$3.00$2.00Best

Output / 1M$15.00$6.00Best

Blended / 1M$6.00$3.00Best

Context window1MBest1M

Open weightsYesNo

Released16 Jul 20263 Aug 2026

Your monthly bill

Tasks per month50k

Kimi K3$1.2k

Qwen3.8 Max$600Cheapest

List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.