Kimi K3 vs Qwen 3.8 Max

Detailed comparison of capabilities, features, and performance.

Kimi K3

Kimi K3

Moonshot
VS
Qwen 3.8 Max

Qwen 3.8 Max

Alibaba
Feature Kimi K3 Qwen 3.8 Max
AI Lab Moonshot Alibaba
Context Size 1,000,000 tokens 262,144 tokens
Max Output Size 131,072 tokens 32,768 tokens
Frontier Model Yes Yes
Vision Support Yes Yes
Description Kimi K3 is Moonshot's most capable flagship model to date, with 2.8 trillion parameters. Built on Kimi Delta Attention (KDA), a hybrid linear attention mechanism, and Attention Residuals, with native visual understanding and a 1M-token context window. It is the world's first open-source model in the 3-trillion-parameter class, designed for frontier intelligence scenarios including long-horizon coding, knowledge work, and reasoning. Alibaba's most capable closed flagship, built on the Qwen3.5 architecture with major gains in coding, research and long-horizon agentic work. Vision, function calling and a 262k context window. Available exclusively through Fireworks AI.

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