Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Compare Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct by Moonshot AI against Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 34 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is 5.3x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.30
1.3× cheaper
Output
$0.60
5.3× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Input
$0.40
Output
$3.20
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 1.3× input, 5.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
45%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B uses 10.4x more emoji
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B
63%Vocabulary49%
15wSentence Length15w
0.19Hedging0.29
5.2Bold6.2
3.2Lists4.8
0.00Emoji0.10
0.38Headings0.88
0.05Transitions0.20
Based on 14 + 24 text responses
Research
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