Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct vs Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Compare Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct by Moonshot AI against 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
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
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%
Qwen3.5 122B A10B uses 10.4x more emoji
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
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
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Research
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