Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Sonnet 4 leads with 4.0% higher average benchmark score. Kimi K2 0905 offers 196.3K more tokens in context window than Claude Sonnet 4. Kimi K2 0905 is $14.90 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Sonnet 4 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Sonnet 4 is available on 4 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4 is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 69.4% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MMMLU (86.5%), TAU-bench Retail (80.5%), GPQA (75.4%). It supports a 328K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents Anthropic's latest advancement in AI technology.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 0905 is a language model developed by Moonshot AI. This model demonstrates exceptional performance with an average score of 84.0% across 6 benchmarks. It excels particularly in HumanEval (94.5%), MMLU (90.2%), MATH (89.1%). It supports a 524K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 API providers. Released in 2025, it represents Moonshot AI's latest advancement in AI technology.
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Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22
Kimi K2 0905
Moonshot AI
2025-09-05
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Sonnet 4
Kimi K2 0905
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 13 common benchmarks
Claude Sonnet 4
Kimi K2 0905
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval
Claude Sonnet 4
Kimi K2 0905
Claude Sonnet 4
Kimi K2 0905
Kimi K2 0905
Novita
ZeroEval