Kimi K2 wins 75% of 25 blind community votes against Claude 3.7 Sonnet on Rival.
| Spec | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Kimi K2 |
|---|---|---|
| Win rate | 25% | 75% |
| Input price | $3/M tokens | $0.57/M tokens |
| Output price | $15/M tokens | $2.3/M tokens |
| Context window | 200K tokens | — |
| Weights | — | Open |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Feb 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.3% | 65.8% |
Pick Kimi K2. In 25 blind votes, Kimi K2 wins 75% of the time. That's not luck.
Kimi K2 wins 3 categories, Conversation by the widest margin. Kimi K2 costs 6.5x less per token.
Kimi K2 is cheaper on both: 5.3× input, 6.5× output.
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Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.
Kimi K2 uses 53.8x more emoji