Verdict
Qwen 3.8 Max leads 10–0 across 10 shared benchmarks.
Kimi K2.6 0 · Qwen 3.8 Max 10 · higher isn't always better — check the caveats below.
Reported scores — protocols may differ. How we compare
Unknown: Qwen 3.8 Max leads 4–0 across 4 shared unknown benchmarks (largest gap: ProofBench, 58 vs 16 — single evaluator).
Math: Qwen 3.8 Max leads 2–0 across 2 shared math benchmarks (largest gap: FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private, 46.34 vs 25.64 — single evaluator).
Reasoning: Qwen 3.8 Max leads 2–0 across 2 shared reasoning benchmarks (largest gap: SimpleQA Verified, 45.8 vs 34.9 — protocols undisclosed).
Qwen 3.8 Max leads 10–0 across 10 shared benchmarks. Kimi K2.6 leads 0 benchmarks and Qwen 3.8 Max leads 10. Higher isn't always better — see the integrity caveats on each benchmark.
Kimi K2.6 and Qwen 3.8 Max have 10 benchmarks in common in our data — those are the only rows where a direct, apples-to-apples comparison is drawn.
Qwen 3.8 Max leads unknown 4–0. Qwen 3.8 Max leads math 2–0.