Kimi K3 vs Qwen3.8 Max

Kimi K3 at #8 with 89.39 overall, Qwen3.8 Max at #38 with 83.44, and six points at this end of the board is not a close call. Kimi wins everything that reads as writing: hooks 89.88 against 83.50, tone 89.61 against 81.93, and continuity 88.28 against 78.08, which is a ten-point gap on the metric that decides whether a script holds attention or wanders. Qwen's answers are discipline metrics: it edges number handling 87.78 to 87.36 and length adherence 92.90 to 90.46, so its drafts arrive the right size with clean stats. That profile has a real use: templated scripts where structure is imposed from outside. But it also costs 15 cents a script against Kimi's 26, which is the wrong price for a six-point gap. Where the budget allows either, this one is simple. Kimi writes, Qwen formats.

Pick Kimi K3 for anything a viewer will actually watch: six points better overall and a ten-point edge on continuity.
Pick Qwen3.8 Max only for tightly templated output: excellent length control and clean numbers at a bit over half Kimi's price.