Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs Kimi K2.7 Code
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) by Anthropic or Kimi K2.7 Code by Kimi? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Kimi K2.7 Code
Kimi K2.7 Code vs Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning): 24.6% more intelligence, 33.9% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 124.3% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) | Kimi K2.7 Code | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 20.7 | 25.8 | +24.6% Kimi K2.7 Code is 24.6% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,501.22 | $992.88 | −33.9% Kimi K2.7 Code is 33.9% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 20.84s | 46.75s | +124.3% Kimi K2.7 Code is 124.3% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $3.00 / $15.0 | $0.95 / $4.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- Kimi K2.7 Code is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
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