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Claude Opus 5.5 vs Kimi K3
Live dataset updated 9/22/2026, 10:37:09 PM UTC
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|---|---|---|
| ModelCap position | #1 | #12 |
| Index score | 98.6 | 84.0 |
| Evidence | Measured2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards | Measured6 public benchmark observations across 6 boards |
| Input / 1M | $4.00 | $3.00 |
| Output / 1M | $20.00 | $15.00 |
| Pricing status | fresh | fresh |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Providers | 5 | 17 |
| Weight access | API only | Restricted license |
Decision facts
- Claude Opus 5.5 is #1; Kimi K3 is #12 on the same current language board.
- Index scores are 98.6 for Claude Opus 5.5 and 84.0 for Kimi K3. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.
- Both positions use Measured evidence.
- Listed output price per 1M tokens is $20.00 for Claude Opus 5.5 and $15.00 for Kimi K3. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $18.00 for Claude Opus 5.5 versus $13.50 for Kimi K3. Kimi K3 costs 25.0% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.
- Published context is 1,000,000 tokens for Claude Opus 5.5 and 1,048,576 for Kimi K3.
- Weight access differs: Claude Opus 5.5 is none; Kimi K3 is restricted.
- ModelCap currently lists 5 providers for Claude Opus 5.5 and 17 for Kimi K3.
These are separate published fields, not a synthetic winner. ModelCap does not collapse price, access, context, and capability evidence into a hidden recommendation score.
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