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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 leads with 6.8% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available on 3 providers. Overall, Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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Anthropic
This upgraded version of Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released with significant improvements in coding and agentic tool use. Built to deliver enhanced performance in software engineering tasks, it brought substantial gains in reasoning and problem-solving while introducing the groundbreaking computer use capability in public beta, allowing it to interact with computer interfaces like a human.
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Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Instruct-0905 represents a specific release iteration of the K2 Instruct model, developed to incorporate refinements and improvements. Built to provide enhanced instruction-following based on deployment feedback, it continues the evolution of Moonshot's instruction-tuned offerings.
10 months newer
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-10-22
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Moonshot AI
2025-09-05
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Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Average Score:71.0%
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Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Average Score:77.9%(+6.8%)
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Coding49.0%
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Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Coding65.8%(+16.8%)
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet
3 providers
Anthropic
Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
Bedrock
Throughput: 101 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.4ms
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Avg Score:71.0%
Providers:3
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Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Avg Score:77.9%(+6.8%)
Providers:0