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Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Kimi Chat

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Moonshot AI
Kimi Chat
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateFeb 17 2026Oct 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
89.9%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
79.6%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapKimi Chat shipped 870 days before Claude Sonnet 4.6

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Kimi Chat?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Kimi Chat on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Kimi Chat shipped 870 days before Claude Sonnet 4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Sonnet 4.6 released?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 was released by Anthropic on Feb 17 2026.
When was Kimi Chat released?
Kimi Chat was released by Moonshot AI on Oct 2023.

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