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Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Sonnet 4.6 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode

Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Context Window
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Speed
Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Sonnet 4.6Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Sonnet 4.6Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorAnthropicMoonshotai
ReleasedFeb 2026Sep 2025

Claude Sonnet 4.6 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) has cheaper input pricing at $0.40/M tokens. Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) has cheaper output pricing at $2.00/M tokens.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 43.0, compared to Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)'s score of 25.9.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) has a 262,144 token context window.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 supports vision. Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) does not support vision.