Models

Kimi K2 0711 vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Compare Kimi K2 0711 from Moonshot AI and Qwen3.8 Max Preview from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Kimi K2 0711
Moonshot AI · text → text

Kimi-K2 is a MoE architecture foundational model with extremely powerful coding and agent capabilities, featuring a total of 1 trillion parameters and activating 32 billion parameters. In benchmark performance tests across major categories such as general knowledge reasoning, programming, mathematics, and agents, the K2 model outperforms other mainstream open-source models. The Kimi-K2 model supports a context length of 128k tokens. It does not support visual capabilities.

Input$0.54 /M
Output$2.16 /M
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Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Qwen · text, image → text

Qwen 3.8 Max Preview(Qwen3.8-Max-Preview) is the latest-generation foundation model in the Qwen family, packing 2.4T parameters and still evolving. Compared with the previous flagship Qwen 3.7 Max, it delivers major gains in core capabilities like Coding and Cowork (professional productivity), with world-leading performance on complex, long-horizon tasks such as full-stack development, data analysis, and Office workflows. Launch offer: Credits are consumed at just 20% of the standard rate, effectively 5× your usage. Limited time only.

Input$0.338 /M
Output$1.014 /M
Cache read$0.0338 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Kimi K2 0711
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$0.54
$0.338
Output /M
$2.16
$1.014
Cache read /M
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$0.0338
Context length
131,000
983,616
Max output
131,000
131,072
Time to First Token
0.8 s
2.4 s
Throughput
50.2 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
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1360142014801540
Overall
14181480
Coding
14671520
Math
14161497
Hard prompts
14371502
Instruction following
13901477
Multi-turn
14041493
Creative writing
13821466
Longer query
14031492
Chinese
14541536
English
14231488

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo
Kimi K2 0711
$64.80 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Kimi K2 0711, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.014/M output tokens; Kimi K2 0711: $2.16/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; Kimi K2 0711: 1467 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Kimi K2 0711: 0.8s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

Kimi K2 0711 accepts 131,000 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 131,000 tokens on Kimi K2 0711 and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Kimi K2 0711 at 50.2 tok/s and Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Kimi K2 0711 accepts text input and supports tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.

Can I call Kimi K2 0711 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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