Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Kimi Chat 1.5 vs Morph: Morph V3 Large benchmark

Name: Kimi Chat 1.5 vs Morph: Morph V3 Large AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
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This page compares Kimi Chat 1.5 (Moonshot) and Morph: Morph V3 Large (morph) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. Kimi Chat 1.5 wins on output price at $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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Moonshot

Kimi Chat 1.5

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

2M ContextElo 1,420$0.8/1M out

morph

Morph: Morph V3 Large

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (morph/morph-v3-large). Preview until a second source matches.

$1.9/1M out

Model Lineage & Multi-Tier Derivatives🇨🇳 CN Frontier

Kimi Series Family (4 models)

Compare vs Base (Kimi K3)

Kimi K3

Moonshot

Flagship Base

CoT Scaler

Elo

1528

Speed

68 tok/s

Price

$15.00 / 1M

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MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5

Moonshot

K2.5 Max

CoT Scaler

Elo

1515

Speed

72 tok/s

Price

$2.85 / 1M

-13 Elo-81% cost1.1x speed

View model →vs this

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

Moonshot

K2 Base

Elo

1465

Speed

85 tok/s

Price

$2.30 / 1M

-63 Elo-85% cost1.3x speed

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Kimi Chat 1.5

Moonshot

2M Context

Elo

1420

Speed

95 tok/s

Price

$0.80 / 1M

-108 Elo-95% cost1.4x speed

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Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Kimi Chat 1.5 (10)vsMorph: Morph V3 Large (0)

Kimi Chat 1.5: 10W (100%)Overall: Kimi Chat 1.5Morph: Morph V3 Large: 0W (0%)

← Kimi Chat 1.5Morph: Morph V3 Large →

Kimi Chat 1.5 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Preference Elo

1,420vs—

Coding Elo

1,390vs—

SWE-bench

51%vs—

LiveBench

58%vs—

GPQA Diamond

71.5%vs—

Kimi Chat 1.5: 5WMorph: Morph V3 Large: 0W

Kimi Chat 1.5 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

95 tok/svs—

Time to first token

210 msvs—

Kimi Chat 1.5: 2WMorph: Morph V3 Large: 0W

Kimi Chat 1.5 (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.8/1Mvs$1.9/1M

Input price

$0.2/1Mvs$0.9/1M

Context window

2Mvs262k

Kimi Chat 1.5: 3WMorph: Morph V3 Large: 0W

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Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageKimi Chat 1.5 6/6

Preference Elo

No shared data

Throughput Speed

No shared data

Token Price Efficiency

Kimi Chat 1.5

$1.10/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,420

EloHigh is better

—

Code Elo

High is better

1,390

Code EloHigh is better

—

LiveBench

High is better

58%

LiveBenchHigh is better

—

SWE-bench

High is better

51%

SWE-benchHigh is better

—

GPQA

High is better

71.5%

GPQAHigh is better

—

TTFT

Low is better

210 ms

TTFTLow is better

—

Speed

High is better

95 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

—

In $

Low is better

+350%$0.20 / 1M

In $Low is better

$0.90 / 1M

Out $

Low is better

+137%$0.80 / 1M

Out $Low is better

$1.90 / 1M

Context

High is better

+663%2M

ContextHigh is better

262k

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 68% with Kimi Chat 1.5

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

Quick Presets:

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

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

Kimi Chat 1.5$19.00 / mo

In: $7Out: $12

Morph: Morph V3 Large$60.00 / mo

In: $31.5Out: $28.5

Estimated Cost Delta

Kimi Chat 1.5 is estimated to save $41.00/month ($492/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Kimi Chat 1.5:Pick Kimi Chat 1.5 when you are optimizing output cost.
2
Kimi Chat 1.5:Pick Kimi Chat 1.5 for million-token RAG or long-document jobs.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatKimi Chat 1.5

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

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGKimi Chat 1.5

Larger window (2M).

Screenshots / visionMorph: Morph V3 Large

Morph: Morph V3 Large is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Kimi Chat 1.5	Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Kimi Chat 1.5	Larger window (2M).
Screenshots / vision	Morph: Morph V3 Large	Morph: Morph V3 Large is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Moonshot

Kimi Chat 1.5

Elo 1,420

LiveBench58%

SWE-bench51%

Speed95 tok/s

Output cost$0.8/1M

morph

Morph: Morph V3 Large

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost$1.9/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Kimi Chat 1.5 or Morph: Morph V3 Large?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Kimi Chat 1.5 or Morph: Morph V3 Large?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Kimi Chat 1.5 output tokens are $0.8/1M versus $1.9/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Kimi Chat 1.5 or Morph: Morph V3 Large?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Kimi Chat 1.5 accepts 2M tokens versus 262k.
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. Kimi Chat 1.5 and Morph: Morph V3 Large Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Kimi Chat 1.5 vs Morph: Morph V3 Large benchmark

Interactive Comparison Diagram

Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Kimi Chat 1.5 (10)vsMorph: Morph V3 Large (0)

Kimi Chat 1.5: 10W (100%)Overall: Kimi Chat 1.5Morph: Morph V3 Large: 0W (0%)

← Kimi Chat 1.5Morph: Morph V3 Large →

Kimi Chat 1.5 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Preference Elo

1,420vs—

Coding Elo

1,390vs—

SWE-bench

51%vs—

LiveBench

58%vs—

GPQA Diamond

71.5%vs—

Kimi Chat 1.5: 5WMorph: Morph V3 Large: 0W

Kimi Chat 1.5 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

95 tok/svs—

Time to first token

210 msvs—

Kimi Chat 1.5: 2WMorph: Morph V3 Large: 0W

Kimi Chat 1.5 (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.8/1Mvs$1.9/1M

Input price

$0.2/1Mvs$0.9/1M

Context window

2Mvs262k

Kimi Chat 1.5: 3WMorph: Morph V3 Large: 0W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatKimi Chat 1.5

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

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGKimi Chat 1.5

Larger window (2M).

Screenshots / visionMorph: Morph V3 Large

Morph: Morph V3 Large is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Kimi Chat 1.5	Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Kimi Chat 1.5	Larger window (2M).
Screenshots / vision	Morph: Morph V3 Large	Morph: Morph V3 Large is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Kimi Chat 1.5 or Morph: Morph V3 Large?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Kimi Chat 1.5 or Morph: Morph V3 Large?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Kimi Chat 1.5 output tokens are $0.8/1M versus $1.9/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Kimi Chat 1.5 or Morph: Morph V3 Large?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Kimi Chat 1.5 accepts 2M tokens versus 262k.

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. Kimi Chat 1.5 and Morph: Morph V3 Large Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.