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Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Kimi K1.5

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Moonshot AI
Kimi K1.5
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateFeb 17 2026Jan 20 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
128k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
89.9%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
79.6%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapKimi K1.5 shipped 393 days before Claude Sonnet 4.6

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Kimi K1.5?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Kimi K1.5 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Kimi K1.5 shipped 393 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 K1.5 released?
Kimi K1.5 was released by Moonshot AI on Jan 20 2025.

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