MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 vs Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-11-12.
| MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | moonshotai | qwen |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Input Price | $0.19/M | $0.32/M |
| Output Price | $16.00/M | $1.28/M |
| Context Window | 1,048,576 | 1,000,000 |
| Max Output | 943,718 | 131,072 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, Qwen3.7 Plus costs $0.64 and Kimi K3 costs $4.19, so Qwen3.7 Plus is about 6.5 times cheaper for the same work.
Both take in a similar amount of text: 1,048,576 and 1,000,000 tokens, about 1,573 and 1,500 pages.
Only Kimi K3 offers video input.
Across the 10 tasks where they differ, Qwen3.7 Plus on 10 (SQL Generation, Code Completion, Code Documentation and others).
Kimi K3 was released in July 2026 and Qwen3.7 Plus in June 2026.
Pick Kimi K3 if you need video input; pick Qwen3.7 Plus if you need lower cost or the stronger all-round task scores.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
Who wins by task?
| Task | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 132 | 133 |
| Code Completion | 128 | 131 |
| Code Documentation | 128 | 131 |
| Regex Writing | 116 | 119 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 132 | 133 |
| JSON Extraction | 128 | 131 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 125 | 129 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 136 | 137 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 120 | 123 |
| Blog Post Writing | 120 | 121 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →