Kimi K3 vs Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Kimi K3 is developed by Moonshot AI, while Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking comes from Alibaba. Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking was released in September 2025, and Kimi K3 followed 10 months later in July 2026. Kimi K3 is the larger model at roughly 2.8 trillion parameters, against 33 billion for Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking.
We have 3 benchmark results for Kimi K3 and 6 benchmark results for Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking, but they were measured on different benchmarks, so there is no like-for-like scoreboard.
Kimi K3 is available through an API at $3 per million input tokens with a 1M-token context window. We do not track a hosted API for Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking, so pricing and context cannot be compared directly.
| Characteristic | Kimi K3 | Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Moonshot AI | Alibaba |
| Release Date | July 16, 2026 | September 21, 2025 |
| Parameters | 2.8T | 33B |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | — |
| Context (output) | 1.0M | — |
| Input Price / 1M | $3.00 | — |
| Output Price / 1M | $15.00 | — |
| Average Score | 95.7% | 14450.8% |
Verdict
Both models show equal results — the choice depends on your specific use case.
Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking shows a higher average benchmark score: 144.5 vs 1.0.
Kimi K3 is newer: released 7/16/2026 vs 9/21/2025.
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