Claude Mythos 5 vs Kimi K3 vs GPT-5.6 Cyber
Kimi K3 comes out ahead, 43 to 36 and 30 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
AnthropicClaude Mythos 5
36/100- ECI—
- Price$10.00 / $50.00
- Context1M
- Our pick
Moonshot AIKimi K3
43/100- ECI157.6
- Price$3.00 / $15.00
- Context1.05M
OpenAIGPT-5.6 Cyber
30/100- ECI—
- Price$12.50 / $75.00
- Context400K
Kimi K3 is our pick
Kimi K3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 43/100 against Claude Mythos 5 (36) and GPT-5.6 Cyber (30). It leads on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceKimi K3Kimi K3 $6.00 · Claude Mythos 5 $20.00 · GPT-5.6 Cyber $28.13 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextKimi K3Kimi K3 1,048,576 · Claude Mythos 5 1,000,000 · GPT-5.6 Cyber 400,000 tokens
- Widest inputsClaude Mythos 5 and Kimi K3Claude Mythos 5: Text, Images, PDFs · Kimi K3: Text, Images, Video · GPT-5.6 Cyber: Text, Images
- Self-hostingKimi K3Publishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Claude Mythos 5 | Kimi K3 | GPT-5.6 Cyber |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 80 | 80 | 70 |
| Context window | 20% | 60 | 61 | 44 |
| Overall | 100% | 36/100 | 43/100 | 30/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Claude Mythos 5Anthropic | Kimi K3Moonshot AI | GPT-5.6 CyberOpenAI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | 157.6 | — |
| ECI rank | — | #13 of 148 | — |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | — | 93.1% | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | — | 72.2% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | — | 97.2% | — |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | — | 50.6% | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $10.00 | $3.00 (best) | $12.50 |
| Output | $50.00 | $15.00 (best) | $75.00 |
| Cached input | — | $0.30 (best) | $1.25 |
| Blended (3:1) | $20.00 | $6.00 (best) | $28.13 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 2 providers | Official Moonshot AI API | Official OpenAI API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 400,000 tokens |
| Max output | 128,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens (best) | 128,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | Yes | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yeslow · high · max | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Open | Proprietary |
| API model ID | — | kimi-k3 | gpt-daybreak-red-latest |
| API providers | 2 | 68 (best) | 1 |
| Released | Jun 9, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jan 31, 2026 | — | Feb 16, 2026 |
What would a month cost?
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- Claude Mythos 5$200.00
- Kimi K3$60.00
- GPT-5.6 Cyber$275.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Claude Mythos 5, Kimi K3 or GPT-5.6 Cyber?
Kimi K3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 43/100 against Claude Mythos 5 (36) and GPT-5.6 Cyber (30). It leads on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Claude Mythos 5, Kimi K3 or GPT-5.6 Cyber?
Kimi K3 is cheaper at $3.00 input / $15.00 output per million tokens (official Moonshot AI API price). Claude Mythos 5 costs $10.00 input / $50.00 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers); GPT-5.6 Cyber costs $12.50 input / $75.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $6.00 per million tokens for Kimi K3 versus $20.00 for Claude Mythos 5 (3.3× as much) and $28.13 for GPT-5.6 Cyber (4.7× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Claude Mythos 5 has not been scored yet, Kimi K3 has an ECI of 157.6 and GPT-5.6 Cyber has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Claude Mythos 5, Kimi K3 and GPT-5.6 Cyber yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Kimi K3 has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Claude Mythos 5 and 400,000 for GPT-5.6 Cyber. Maximum output per response: Claude Mythos 5 up to 128,000, Kimi K3 up to 131,072, GPT-5.6 Cyber up to 128,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Claude Mythos 5 accepts text, images and PDFs; Kimi K3 accepts text, images and video; GPT-5.6 Cyber accepts text and images. Claude Mythos 5 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Kimi K3 publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Claude Mythos 5 and GPT-5.6 Cyber is proprietary.
Which is newer?
GPT-5.6 Cyber is the newest, released Aug 7, 2026. Kimi K3 came out Jul 16, 2026; Claude Mythos 5 came out Jun 9, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Mythos 5 Jan 31, 2026, GPT-5.6 Cyber Feb 16, 2026.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
