Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct

Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)On the frontier
Intelligence
53.60
Total cost
$2172
KimiKimi Linear 48B A3B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
7.30
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)Kimi Linear 48B A3B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)53.67.3−86.4% Kimi Linear 48B A3B I… is 86.4% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,172.43Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)33.81sNot reported— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0—
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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