# Qwen3.6 Plus vs test-novita-kimi k3 - AI Model Comparison

- Page: https://opencode.ai/data/compare/alibaba/qwen3-6-plus/moonshot/test-novita-kimi-k3
- Updated: 2026-10-04T03:44:06.000Z

|  | Qwen3.6 Plus | test-novita-kimi k3 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lab | Alibaba | Moonshot |
| Context window | 1M | - |
| Max output | 66K | - |
| Input modalities | text, image, video | - |
| Reasoning | Yes | - |
| Tool calling | Yes | - |
| Open weights | No | - |
| Release date | 2026-04-02 | - |
| Input price per 1M tokens | $0.50 | - |
| Output price per 1M tokens | $3.00 | - |
| Cached input price per 1M tokens | $0.05 | - |
| OpenCode tokens: past 2 months | 120B | 24K |
| Share of all tokens | 0.0% | 0% |
| Rank by tokens last week | #41 | #48 |
| Unique users | 66K | 1 |
| Weekly retention | 54.3% | - |

Model pages: [Qwen3.6 Plus](https://opencode.ai/data/alibaba/qwen3-6-plus.md), [test-novita-kimi k3](https://opencode.ai/data/moonshot/test-novita-kimi-k3.md)

## Methodology

- Updates: Aggregated every hour. Days and weeks use UTC.
- Tokens: Input, output, reasoning, and cached tokens for each request.
- Users and sessions: Approximate counts of distinct users and OpenCode sessions.
- Cost: Session cost is the average cost per OpenCode session. Token prices are list prices from the OpenCode model catalog.
- Retention: The share of a model's users in one week who use it again the next week.
- Citation: Cite OpenCode Data (opencode.ai/data) with the update time shown at the top of the page.