Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning) vs Kimi K2.6 (Non-reasoning)

Anthropic · Kimi · catalog 2026-09-14

Trade-off: Kimi K2.6 (Non-reasoning) is cheaper ($0.702 vs $3.85/M); Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning) scores higher on intelligence (23.7 vs 23.6).
Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning)Kimi K2.6 (Non-reasoning)
Speed (tok/s)43.6 measured38.4 measured
Blended $/M$3.85 derived$0.702 derived
Intelligence index23.7 measured23.6 measured
TTFT (ms)127 measured288 measured
Context200k list—
Coding indexnot measured for both
Agentic indexnot measured for both

Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning) card · Kimi K2.6 (Non-reasoning) card · 3D observatory

Verdicts use price×intelligence dominance only, and only where both sides are measured; null cells stay null with their provenance (em-dash = not in catalog). Percentile-free by design — this page compares two models, not the field. Generated page — do not hand-edit.