Alibaba's Qwen3.6-Plus Reportedly Under Half the Size of Kimi K2.5, Nears Claude Opus 4.5 Performance
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Alibaba's Tongyi Lab announced Qwen3.6-Plus, a model reportedly under half the size of Moonshot's Kimi K2.5 while approaching Claude Opus 4.5 performance, signaling major efficiency gains in China's LLM race. Alibaba's Qwen3.6-Plus Reportedly Under Half the Size of Kimi K2.5, Nears Claude Opus 4.5 Performance A new claim from Alibaba's Tongyi Lab suggests their latest model, Qwen3.6-Plus, achieves a significant efficiency breakthrough in China's competitive large language model landscape.