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Claude Haiku 5.5vs.Kimi K2.6
Which one is better?
Claude Haiku 5.5 performs better than Kimi K2.6 and is cheaper: Kimi K2.6 costs 9.5 times (input) and 8 times (output) as much.
Claude Haiku 5.5
Rank 20
Kimi K2.6
Rank 47
Claude Haiku 5.5
Kimi K2.6
Claude Haiku 5.5
Kimi K2.6
Claude Haiku 5.5
Rank 3 of 875
Kimi K2.6
Rank 144 of 875
Above 100,000 tokens of context, Claude Haiku 5.5 costs more: $0.50 input and $2.50 output per 1M tokens.
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No clear advantage
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Where is the difference?
Strengths at a glance
Haiku 5.5Kimi K2.6
The median of all ranked models is below 100 in every area, so it sits in the centre of the net.
95 % range: Haiku 5.5 102.5 to 109.9, Kimi K2.6 79.0 to 89.3.
The same values and verdicts as the bars below. In the top field the net starts at 100 points, the reference group average; values below sit as a hollow point in the centre. Not in the net because a model has no own value there or the data are too thin: Mathematics, Knowledge, Multimodal.
Haiku 5.5 is ahead in 6 of 10 areas, Kimi K2.6 in none.
Haiku 5.5 ahead: 6Haiku 5.5 slightly ahead: 1too little data: 3
Bar length shows the gap in index points (full width 15 points, one standard deviation of the reference group). Solid means clearly ahead, hatched not certain yet, a thin grey bar level.
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Bar length shows the gap in index points (full width 15 points, one standard deviation of the reference group). Solid means clearly ahead, hatched not certain yet, a thin grey bar level.
Which model for which task?
Everyday tasks, translated from the area values above. Each row names the values it rests on.
See for yourself: same task, one attempt
SVG short test
One SVG task with the same fixed settings for every model, without hidden thinking.
Prompt
Return only one standalone SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle. Use viewBox="0 0 800 600", simple shapes, two clearly visible wheels and a recognizable pelican with a long beak. At most 30 SVG elements and 1800 characters. No Markdown, explanations, comments, scripts, animation, CSS or external resources.
Claude Haiku 5.5
Unavailable in this round
Kimi K2.6

Oct 14, 2026 · $0.0015
Test details
- Test run
- Oct 14, 2026
- Provider
- chutes/int4
- API model
- moonshotai/kimi-k2.6
- Output
- 745 tokens
- Reasoning
- API reports 0 reasoning tokens
- Cost of the attempt
- $0.0015
- Test round
- 43b8c5c46830
Earlier tests
Claude Haiku 5.5
Not tested yet
Kimi K2.6
Output withheld for safety
Oct 5, 2026 · 124 s · $0.03
Not yet visually reviewed. A successful recording does not confirm correct physics or full compliance with the prompt.
Test details
- Run date
- Oct 5, 2026
- API provider
- openrouter
- Requested API model
- moonshotai/kimi-k2.6
- Reasoning setting
- high
- Token limit including reasoning
- 8,192 tokens
- Output tokens
- 7,029 tokens
- Cost of the attempt
- $0.0281
- Response time
- 124 s
- API model reported in response
- moonshotai/kimi-k2.6
- Pinned endpoint
- Moonshot AI | moonshotai/kimi-k2.6-20260420
- Temperature
- Provider default
- Test protocol
- community-visual-tests-v1
- Technical checks
- Failed
Earlier attempts (3)
- Oct 2, 2026Output withheld for safetyReasoning setting: high
- Oct 1, 2026Output withheld for safetyReasoning setting: high
- Sep 7, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: high
Claude Haiku 5.5 and Kimi K2.6 in the overall index
Every model with a place in the overall index, both models of this matchup highlighted. You can add or hide other models.
Overall index (Gradually Meta-Score v4)
20 of 91 models
4 models in this view are measured at a lower reasoning effort than max in the overall index. Dashed column: lower reasoning effort than the top.
Popularity compared
How often the models are searched for, used and mentioned, on a scale from 0 to 100.
Claude Haiku 5.5 is more popular than Kimi K2.6: 77 to 47 out of 100.
Over time
Weekly values from October 18, 2026 to November 5, 2026
Claude Haiku 5.5Kimi K2.6
All data side by side
The better value is bold. For the overall index only when the gap is clear.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | ||
| Overall indexpoints, 100 = reference group average, higher is better | 103.4 | 84.7 |
| Rank | Rank 20 of 91 | Rank 47 of 91 |
| Price per 1M tokens | ||
| Inputwhat you send | $0.10above 100,000 tokens: $0.50 | $0.95 |
| Outputwhat the model writes | $0.50above 100,000 tokens: $2.50 | $4 |
| Speed | ||
| Tokens per second | 236 | 42 |
| Popularity | ||
| Popularitysearch, usage and mentions, 0 to 100 | 77Rank 3 of 875 | 47Rank 144 of 875 |
| Technical | ||
| Context windowhow much text the model reads at once | 1 M tokens≈ 1,500 A4 pages | 262,144 tokens≈ 390 A4 pages |
| Knowledge cutoff | June 2026 | n/a |
| Released | Oct 7, 2026 | Apr 20, 2026 |
| Availability | Active | Active |
| Open weights | no | yes |
Prices without caching or batch discounts · Page count as a rule of thumb from Artificial Analysis
Is there a better choice?
Overall index 101.2, rank 23. $3 input and $15 output per 1M tokens.
Haiku 5.5 vs. Kimi K3Overall index 98.3, rank 31. $0.14 input and $0.28 output per 1M tokens.
View profileOverall index 126.1, rank 1. $4 input and $20 output per 1M tokens.
Haiku 5.5 vs. Claude Opus 5.5Shared benchmarks
Single results from the same benchmark version, task and metric. A value is bold only with the same test setup and a clear gap.
A: Claude Haiku 5.5B: Kimi K2.6
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