Claude Opus 5 (Low) vs Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct

Claude Opus 5 (Low) 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 (Low)Off the frontier
Intelligence
39.40
Total cost
$1561
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 (Low)Kimi Linear 48B A3B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)39.47.3−81.5% Kimi Linear 48B A3B I… is 81.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,560.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)11.79sNot reported— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0—
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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