Claude Sonnet 4.6vs.Kimi K3.1 Pro
Which one is better?
Kimi K3.1 Pro is clearly ahead in the overall index and is cheaper too: Claude Sonnet 4.6 costs 1.5 times as much per token.
15
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Rank 43 to 54
80
Kimi K3.1 Pro
Rank 10 to 13
65
Claude Sonnet 4.6
slow
36
Kimi K3.1 Pro
slow
$6
Claude Sonnet 4.6
expensive
$4
Kimi K3.1 Pro
fairly expensive
Claude Sonnet 4.6
- Subscription
At Anthropic from €21.42 a month (Claude Pro). Through other providers from ≈ €6.36 a month (ElevenLabs Starter, with limited credits). 56 plans in Germany.
- Via API
$3 input, $15 output per 1M tokens, unchanged since our price tracking began on Aug 14, 2026.
- Note
- There is a successor: Claude Sonnet 5 (rank 35 to 43, $2 input, $10 output).
Kimi K3.1 Pro
- Subscription
At Moonshot AI from ≈ €20.14 a month (Kimi Plus, with limited credits). 4 plans in Germany.
- Via API
$2 input, $10 output per 1M tokens.
Overall index with data through Oct 29, 2026 · Prices from Oct 29, 2026 · Speed: measured by Artificial Analysis · Subscriptions as of Oct 24, 2026 · Subscription prices incl. VAT
Where is the difference?
Values from 0 to 100 per task area. We only name a winner when the gap is large enough and there are enough tests.
Sonnet 4.6 ahead: 0Kimi K3.1 Pro ahead: 8level: 0too little data: 2of 10 areas
AreaSonnet 4.6Kimi K3.1 Pro0 to 100, higher is betterResult
Areas in the overall index
CodingKimi K3.1 Pro aheadSonnet 4.6: 16Kimi K3.1 Pro: 85
ReasoningKimi K3.1 Pro aheadSonnet 4.6: 7Kimi K3.1 Pro: 80
Mathematicsonly Kimi K3.1 Pro has a scoreSonnet 4.6: not enough dataKimi K3.1 Pro: 81
KnowledgeKimi K3.1 Pro aheadSonnet 4.6: 18Kimi K3.1 Pro: 85
AgentsKimi K3.1 Pro aheadSonnet 4.6: 18Kimi K3.1 Pro: 80
GeneralKimi K3.1 Pro aheadSonnet 4.6: 9Kimi K3.1 Pro: 74
MultimodalKimi K3.1 Pro aheadSonnet 4.6: 21Kimi K3.1 Pro: 75
Specialist fields
FinanceKimi K3.1 Pro aheadSonnet 4.6: 38Kimi K3.1 Pro: 62
LegalKimi K3.1 Pro aheadSonnet 4.6: 27Kimi K3.1 Pro: 68
Healthonly Sonnet 4.6 has a scoreSonnet 4.6: 3Kimi K3.1 Pro: not enough data
Show 1 more areas that do not count toward the overall index
AreaSonnet 4.6Kimi K3.1 Pro0 to 100, higher is betterResult
Productivityonly Sonnet 4.6 has a scoreSonnet 4.6: 24Kimi K3.1 Pro: not enough data
See for yourself: same task, one attempt
The same prompt for both models. We show the latest attempt without fixes; it does not count toward the overall index.
Pelican on a bicycle
A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.
Claude Sonnet 4.6
The response reached the token limit. No complete recording is available.
Reasoning (requested): high
Current attempt
- Run date
- Oct 6, 2026
- API provider
- openrouter
- Requested API model
- anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6
- API model reported in response
- anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6
- Reasoning setting
- high
- Pinned endpoint
- Anthropic | anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217
- Temperature
- Provider default
- Token limit including reasoning
- 8,192 tokens
- Test protocol
- community-visual-tests-v1
- Technical checks
- Failed
- Response time
- 106 s
Not yet visually reviewed. A successful recording does not confirm correct physics or full compliance with the prompt.
Earlier attempts (2)
- Oct 2, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: high
- Oct 1, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: high
Kimi K3.1 Pro
Not tested yet
Prompt and test conditions
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
Token limit including reasoning: 8,192 tokens
Task origin (Simon Willison)SVG short test
There is no shared test round for this selection. Results from different rounds are not mixed.
All data side by side
The better value is bold. For the overall index only when the gap is clear.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | ||
| Overall index0 to 100, higher is better | 15 | 80 |
| Rank | Rank 43 to 54 of 95 | Rank 10 to 13 of 95 |
| Price per 1M tokens | ||
| Inputwhat you send | $3 | $2 |
| Outputwhat the model writes | $15 | $10 |
| Speed | ||
| Tokens per second | 65 | 36 |
| Technical | ||
| Context windowhow much text the model reads at once | 1 M tokens≈ 1,500 A4 pages | 1.05 M tokens≈ 1,570 A4 pages |
| Knowledge cutoff | August 2025 | n/a |
| Released | February 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Availability | Active | Active |
| Open weights | no | n/a |
- Kimi K3.1 Pro, API price listed by Artificial Analysis: $2 input, $10 output, and $0.20 cached input per 1 million tokens. Kimi's official API publishes CNY rates separately. Source
- Kimi K3.1 Pro, Official API pricing: K3.1 Pro: CNY 13 input, CNY 68 output, CNY 13 cache write, and CNY 1.30 cache hit per million tokens. Source
- Kimi K3.1 Pro, Highspeed API pricing: CNY 26 input, CNY 136 output, CNY 26 cache write, and CNY 1.30 cache hit per million tokens. Source
- Kimi K3.1 Pro, International API pricing in USD: The international Kimi platform lists $2 input, $10 output, $2 cache write and $0.20 cache hit per million tokens. Highspeed costs $4/$20/$4/$0.20. Checked October 29, 2026. Separately documented CNY tariffs remain separate observations. Source
Prices without caching or batch discounts · Page count as a rule of thumb from Artificial Analysis
Shared 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 Sonnet 4.6B: Kimi K3.1 Pro
Legal Research BenchOverall · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 38.5%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 37.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 25.8%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 24.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vibe Code Bench v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 51.5%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 84.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 43.9%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 56.1%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 10%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 10%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 86.8%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 81.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 57.9%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 58%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchBusiness & Commercial · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 34.9%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 27.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchCurrent & Temporal Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 33.2%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 36.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchBusiness & Commercial · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 88%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 66.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
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Tax Agent BenchCurrent & Temporal Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 66.1%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 64.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchCivil Litigation · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 29.6%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 29.6%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchFact-Pattern Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 23.3%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 27.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchCivil Litigation · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 87.4%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 75.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchFact-Pattern Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 56.7%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 68.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchConstitutional / Civil Rights · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 34.2%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 31.6%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchForms & Filings · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 6.4%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 13.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchConstitutional / Civil Rights · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 87.9%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 74.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchForms & Filings · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 65.6%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 61.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchCriminal · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 36.8%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 28.1%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchNumbers & Calculations · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 40%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 30%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchCriminal · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 85.8%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 69.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchNumbers & Calculations · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 80.5%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 72.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchFamily · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 27.3%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 13.6%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchRule & Source Lookup · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 43.3%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 30%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchFamily · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 76.8%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 63.6%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchRule & Source Lookup · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 65.9%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 53.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchHealth · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 53.3%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 73.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchWeighted Pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 64.9%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 63.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchHealth · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 90.3%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 90.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchImmigration · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 27.3%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 18.2%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchImmigration · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 77.8%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 32.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchOverall · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 4.6: 85.3%Kimi K3.1 Pro: 71.4%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
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