Benchmark scores
Higher is better for all benchmark scores (SWE-bench, GPQA, HLE, Terminal-Bench, etc.). Green marks the model with the higher score.
LLM Comparison
Kimi K3 vs Claude Sonnet 5: benchmark scores, pricing & comparison.
Side-by-side Kimi K3 vs Claude Sonnet 5 comparison across SWE-bench, GPQA, HLE, Terminal-Bench, coding agent scores, token pricing, context window, and AskClash RWT. Green marks the winner on each benchmark.
Verdict: Kimi K3 ranks higher (#28 vs #31); Claude Sonnet 5 wins 5 of 9 shared benchmarks.
Rank #28 vs #31AskClash overall scores 55.7 vs 52.9.
Pricing $3.00/$15.0 vs $3.00/$15.0Input and output token prices per 1M tokens when published.
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Kimi K3 vs Claude Sonnet 5 benchmark comparison
Green cells highlight the winning model for each metric. Scores are cached from the AskClash LLM leaderboard snapshot.
| Metric | Kimi K3 | Claude Sonnet 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Score | 55.7 | 52.9 |
| Leaderboard Rank | #28 | #31 |
| ACB | 57.7 | 60.8 |
| RWT | 8.0 | 8.5 |
| Coding Agent Index | 51.9 | — |
| HLE | 43.5 | 57.4 |
| GPQA | 93.5 | 91.1 |
| SWE-bench | — | 85.2 |
| SWE-Pro | — | 63.2 |
| SWE-Atlas | 66.1 | — |
| Terminal-Bench | 12.6 | 14.1 |
| DeepSWE | 68.5 | 53.8 |
| GDPval-AA | 1668.0 | 1618.0 |
| OSWorld | — | 81.2 |
| MCP Atlas | 84.2 | — |
| Finance Agent | 53.1 | — |
| CharXiv | 84.8 | 88.3 |
| MMMU-Pro | 81.6 | 77.3 |
| ARC-AGI 2 | 60.4 | — |
| Input Price (per 1M tokens) | $3.00 | $3.00 |
| Output Price (per 1M tokens) | $15.0 | $15.0 |
| Context Window | 1M | 1M |
| Benchmarks Published | 16 | 12 |
Kimi K3 vs Claude Sonnet 5 head-to-head charts
Kimi K3 leads 5 and Claude Sonnet 5 leads 5 of 10 shared benchmarks. Charts show only benchmarks both models publish.
Kimi K3Claude Sonnet 5
Overall
ACB
RWT
HLE
GPQA
Terminal-Bench
DeepSWE
GDPval-AA
CharXiv
MMMU-Pro
Kimi K3
Input$3.00
Output$15.0
Workload$6.00
Context1M
Claude Sonnet 5
Input$3.00
Output$15.0
Workload$6.00
Context1M
Workload = published cost of 1M input + 200K output tokens. Open the live leaderboard for interactive compare charts.
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How to read this comparison
Token pricing
Lower is better for input and output prices. Green marks the cheaper model per 1M tokens.
Coverage matters
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This comparison page is generated from the AskClash LLM leaderboard cache. Open the live leaderboard for real-time scores and interactive filtering.