claude-sonnet-5 vs kimi-k3
claude-sonnet-5 and kimi-k3 are paused.A paused model is switched off for now and cannot be called. Its figures below are the latest this site has for it.
- claude-sonnet-5
- No edge in the figures
- kimi-k3
- 2 advantages
How to choose
claude-sonnet-5No edge in the figures
kimi-k3Cheaper: about $0.0025 a reply, 38% lessOpen weights
Where they differ
claude-sonnet-5kimi-k3
On this site
$0.004Price per reply$0.0025
$15.00Price per million characters$66.67
The model itself
Jan 2026Knowledge cutoffNot published
30 Jun 2026Released16 Jul 2026
NoOpen weightsYes
Where they match
- Place in this week's rankingUnranked
- Context length1M tokens
- Longest reply128K tokens
- Reads imagesYes
- Calls toolsYes
- Thinks before answeringYes
- Conversations used for trainingUsed to train and improve the provider’s models
Availability over 3 days counts every call made through the site; this week's availability counts every call over the last 7 days, scheduled tests included, and response time comes from the site's own scheduled tests. Free models are counted in calls; big models are charged by usage, in US dollars.
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