Claude Sonnet 4.5 is Anthropic’s most advanced Sonnet model to date, optimized for real-world agents and coding workflows. It delivers state-of-the-art performance on coding benchmarks such as SWE-bench Verified, with...
Model details →Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K3
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 wins on 1 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Kimi K3 is a 2.8T parameter open-weight multimodal reasoning model from Moonshot AI. It is suited for complex coding, knowledge work, and long-horizon agentic workflows, and is particularly strong at...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 1M | 1.0M | 🏆 MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $3.00 | $3.00 | Tie |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $15.00 | $15.00 | Tie |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 better than MoonshotAI: Kimi K3?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 wins on 1 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 and MoonshotAI: Kimi K3?
Input: $3.00 vs $3.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $15.00 vs $15.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 and MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 support?
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 supports up to 1M tokens. MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 supports up to 1.0M tokens.
Do both Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 and MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 support tool calling?
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5: yes. MoonshotAI: Kimi K3: yes.
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