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Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Claude Sonnet 5.5

Kimi K3.1 ProMoonshot AI
Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic
Our take

Claude Sonnet 5.5 wins 1 of 1 categories.

Overall–79
Coding7987Best
Writing–74
Support–69
Value–69
Input / 1M$2.00$2.00
Output / 1M$10.00$10.00
Blended / 1M$4.00$4.00
Context window1MBest1M
Open weightsNoNo
Released23 Oct 202628 Sept 2026

Your monthly bill

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Kimi K3.1 Pro$800Cheapest
Claude Sonnet 5.5$800Cheapest
List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.