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Kimi K3 vs Claude Sonnet 5.5
Kimi K3Moonshot AI
Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic
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$3 / $15 per 1M tokens; $0.30 cached input | $2 / $10 per 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Developer | Moonshot AI | Anthropic |
| Released | Jul 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| Status | GA | GA |
| Licence | Open weights (Kimi K3 License) | Proprietary |
| Self-hostable | Yes | No |
| Cost | ||
| Blended $/1M tokensinput × 0.75 + output × 0.25 | $6.000 / 1M tokens | $4.000 / 1M tokens |
| Input price | $3.000 / 1M tokens | $2.000 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $15.000 / 1M tokens | $10.000 / 1M tokens |
| Cached input | $0.30 / 1M tokens (automatic context-cache hit; $3.00 on a cache miss) | $0.20 per 1M tokens |
| Batch discount | Not offered | 50% ($1 / $5 per 1M tokens) |
| Free tier | Not offered | — |
| Capacity | ||
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M tokens |
| Max output | 128k tokens (default; max_completion_tokens configurable up to 1M) | 128k tokens (up to 300k on the Message Batches API with the output-300k-2026-03-24 beta header) |
| Long-context surcharge | None (flat rate across the 1M window) | — |
| Capability | ||
| Vision in | Yes | Yes |
| Audio in | No | No |
| Function calling | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes |
| Extended reasoning | Yes | Yes - adaptive thinking, default effort high |
| Web search | Yes (tool currently being updated by Moonshot; not recommended for near-term use) | Yes |
| Code execution | Not offered | Yes |
| Access | ||
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Chat app | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud marketplaces | Azure AI Foundry (via Fireworks AI), OpenRouter | Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud, Microsoft Foundry |
| Fine-tuning | Not offered | No |
| Measured quality | ||
| LMArena Elo | 1488 (checked Oct 2026) | — |
| LMArena rank | Rank 17 | — |
| GPQA Diamond | 93 | — |
| Elo per dollarLMArena Elo ÷ blended $/1M tokens | 248 | — |
