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Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Kimi K2 0711
List-price comparison · Claude Sonnet 4.6 details · Kimi K2 0711 details
For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), Kimi K2 0711 costs 83% less — $160.40/mo vs $960.00/mo.
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Kimi K2 0711 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $3.00 | $0.570 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $15.00 | $2.30 |
| Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out) | $0.0096 | $0.0016 |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 131,072 tokens |
| Max output | 128k tokens | 32,768 tokens |
| Tier | Balanced | Balanced |
| Provider | Anthropic | MoonshotAI |
Projected monthly cost
1,000 requests / month$9.60 vs $1.6010,000 requests / month$96.00 vs $16.04100,000 requests / month$960.00 vs $160.40
Rows open both models in the calculator — adjust volume and token counts there.
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Strong price-to-performance for production agents: reliable tool use, structured JSON output, and solid coding ability at roughly a fifth of Opus's cost.
Can still misstep on the hardest multi-step reasoning chains where Opus would succeed — budget for occasional escalation to a flagship model.
Kimi K2 0711
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