Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 16, 2026

Claude Opus 4 vs Kimi Chat 1.5 benchmark

Name: Claude Opus 4 vs Kimi Chat 1.5 AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Claude Opus 4 (Anthropic) and Kimi Chat 1.5 (Moonshot) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 16, 2026. On preference Elo, Claude Opus 4 is ahead by 70 points (1,490 vs 1,420; seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). On SWE-bench coding, Claude Opus 4 resolves 72.5% versus 51% (seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). Kimi Chat 1.5 streams faster (95 tok/s) while Kimi Chat 1.5 is the cheaper output token ($0.8/1M). Kimi Chat 1.5 has the larger context window (2M tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Anthropic

Claude Opus 4

First Claude 4 Opus generation. Baseline for opus 4 vs opus 5.

Elo 1,490$75/1M out

Moonshot

Kimi Chat 1.5

Moonshot ultra-long context model supporting up to 2 million tokens per request.

Elo 1,420$0.8/1M out

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Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude Opus 4 (5)vsKimi Chat 1.5 (5)

Claude Opus 4: 5W (50%)Overall: Even matchupKimi Chat 1.5: 5W (50%)

← Claude Opus 4Kimi Chat 1.5 →

Claude Opus 4 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,490vs1,420

Coding Elo

1,502vs1,390

SWE-bench

72.5%vs51%

LiveBench

66.8%vs58%

GPQA Diamond

80.4%vs71.5%

Claude Opus 4: 5WKimi Chat 1.5: 0W

Kimi Chat 1.5 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

58 tok/svs95 tok/s

Time to first token

390 msvs210 ms

Claude Opus 4: 0WKimi Chat 1.5: 2W

Kimi Chat 1.5 (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$75/1Mvs$0.8/1M

Input price

$15/1Mvs$0.2/1M

Context window

200kvs2M

Claude Opus 4: 0WKimi Chat 1.5: 3W

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Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageEven 3–3

Preference Elo

Claude Opus 4

70 pts advantage

Throughput Speed

Kimi Chat 1.5

37 tok/s faster

Price Efficiency

Kimi Chat 1.5

$74.20/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

+5%1,490

EloHigh is better

1,420

Code Elo

High is better

+8%1,502

Code EloHigh is better

1,390

LiveBench

High is better

+15%66.8%

LiveBenchHigh is better

58%

SWE-bench

High is better

+42%72.5%

SWE-benchHigh is better

51%

GPQA

High is better

+12%80.4%

GPQAHigh is better

71.5%

TTFT

Low is better

390 ms

TTFTLow is better

210 ms+86%

Speed

High is better

58 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

95 tok/s+64%

In $

Low is better

$15/1M

In $Low is better

$0.2/1M+7400%

Out $

Low is better

$75/1M

Out $Low is better

$0.8/1M+9275%

Context

High is better

200k

ContextHigh is better

2M+900%

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Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.

Save up to 99% with Kimi Chat 1.5

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Claude Opus 4$1,650.00 / mo

In: $525.00Out: $1125.00

Kimi Chat 1.5$19.00 / mo

In: $7.00Out: $12.00

Estimated Cost Delta

Kimi Chat 1.5 is estimated to save $1,631.00/month ($19,572/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Claude Opus 4:Pick Claude Opus 4 when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
Kimi Chat 1.5:Pick Kimi Chat 1.5 when you are optimizing output cost.
3
Kimi Chat 1.5:Pick Kimi Chat 1.5 when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsClaude Opus 4

Higher SWE-bench (72.5%).

High-volume chatKimi Chat 1.5

Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIKimi Chat 1.5

Lower TTFT (210 ms).

Long-document RAGKimi Chat 1.5

Larger window (2M).

Screenshots / visionClaude Opus 4

Claude Opus 4 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Claude Opus 4	Higher SWE-bench (72.5%).
High-volume chat	Kimi Chat 1.5	Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Kimi Chat 1.5	Lower TTFT (210 ms).
Long-document RAG	Kimi Chat 1.5	Larger window (2M).
Screenshots / vision	Claude Opus 4	Claude Opus 4 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Anthropic

Claude Opus 4

Elo 1,490

LiveBench66.8%

SWE-bench72.5%

Speed58 tok/s

Output cost$75/1M

Moonshot

Kimi Chat 1.5

Elo 1,420

LiveBench58%

SWE-bench51%

Speed95 tok/s

Output cost$0.8/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4 or Kimi Chat 1.5?: Claude Opus 4 has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,490). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Claude Opus 4 or Kimi Chat 1.5?: Claude Opus 4 leads SWE-bench at 72.5% vs 51%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Kimi Chat 1.5 output tokens are $0.8/1M versus $75/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Claude Opus 4 or Kimi Chat 1.5?: Kimi Chat 1.5 has the lower time-to-first-token (210 ms vs 390 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: Kimi Chat 1.5 accepts 2M tokens versus 200k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude Opus 4 and Kimi Chat 1.5 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Claude Opus 4 vs Kimi Chat 1.5 benchmark

Interactive Comparison Diagram

Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude Opus 4 (5)vsKimi Chat 1.5 (5)

Claude Opus 4: 5W (50%)Overall: Even matchupKimi Chat 1.5: 5W (50%)

← Claude Opus 4Kimi Chat 1.5 →

Claude Opus 4 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,490vs1,420

Coding Elo

1,502vs1,390

SWE-bench

72.5%vs51%

LiveBench

66.8%vs58%

GPQA Diamond

80.4%vs71.5%

Claude Opus 4: 5WKimi Chat 1.5: 0W

Kimi Chat 1.5 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

58 tok/svs95 tok/s

Time to first token

390 msvs210 ms

Claude Opus 4: 0WKimi Chat 1.5: 2W

Kimi Chat 1.5 (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$75/1Mvs$0.8/1M

Input price

$15/1Mvs$0.2/1M

Context window

200kvs2M

Claude Opus 4: 0WKimi Chat 1.5: 3W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsClaude Opus 4

Higher SWE-bench (72.5%).

High-volume chatKimi Chat 1.5

Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIKimi Chat 1.5

Lower TTFT (210 ms).

Long-document RAGKimi Chat 1.5

Larger window (2M).

Screenshots / visionClaude Opus 4

Claude Opus 4 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Claude Opus 4	Higher SWE-bench (72.5%).
High-volume chat	Kimi Chat 1.5	Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Kimi Chat 1.5	Lower TTFT (210 ms).
Long-document RAG	Kimi Chat 1.5	Larger window (2M).
Screenshots / vision	Claude Opus 4	Claude Opus 4 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4 or Kimi Chat 1.5?

Claude Opus 4 has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,490). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, Claude Opus 4 or Kimi Chat 1.5?

Claude Opus 4 leads SWE-bench at 72.5% vs 51%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Kimi Chat 1.5 output tokens are $0.8/1M versus $75/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Claude Opus 4 or Kimi Chat 1.5?

Kimi Chat 1.5 has the lower time-to-first-token (210 ms vs 390 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

Kimi Chat 1.5 accepts 2M tokens versus 200k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude Opus 4 and Kimi Chat 1.5 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.