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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K3

Kimi K3 (max) leads on average score with 8.0 vs 7.8. Claude Sonnet 4.6 (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $2.057 vs $3.112. Claude Sonnet 4.6 (medium) is faster at 25.91s vs 122.48s, with pass rates of 66.7% vs 75.8%.

Recommended modelClaude Sonnet 4.6 (medium)Its score stays close to the best score here (7.8 vs 8.0), while costing about 1.5x less than Kimi K3 (max).

Last updated at: 2026-07-17

Metric Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 medium Release: 2026-02-17 Kimi K3 Kimi K3 max Release: 2026-07-16
Score 7.8 8.0
Rank #38 #31
Reliability 10.0 9.1
Consistency 9.2 9.5
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 66.7% 75.8%
Flaky tests 2 1
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 14.692 19.446
Total Cost $2.057 $3.112
Input Price $3.000 / 1M $3.000 / 1M
Output Price $15.000 / 1M $15.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 106,292 34,916
Output Tokens 80,748 2,910
Reasoning Tokens 35,117 197,529
Response Time (avg) 25.91s 122.48s
Response Time (max) 140.96s 766.58s
Response Time (total) 362.78s 2327.06s

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#38 Claude Sonnet 4.6

medium
Invalid SVG
Cost
$0.000
Time
300.0s
Tokens
0 tok

#31 MoonshotAI: Kimi K3

max
Cost
$0.281
Time
506.9s
Tokens
18,863 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 5.7 6.6 44.4% 1 33.29s 6,995 16,089 3,686
Kimi K3 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 325.79s 8,061 460 84,012

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