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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Claude Opus 4.7 vs Kimi K3 vs GPT-5.5

Too close to call on our weighted score (Kimi K3 65, GPT-5.5 63, Claude Opus 4.7 62). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. Anthropic

    Claude Opus 4.7

    Released Apr 16, 2026

    62/100
    • ECI156.4
    • Price$5.00 / $25.00
    • Context1M
  2. Moonshot AI

    Kimi K3

    Released Jul 16, 2026

    65/100
    • ECI157.6
    • Price$3.00 / $15.00
    • Context1.05M
  3. OpenAI

    GPT-5.5

    Released Apr 23, 2026

    63/100
    • ECI159.2
    • Price$5.00 / $30.00
    • Context1.05M
01 — Verdict

Too close to call

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (Kimi K3 65/100, GPT-5.5 63/100, Claude Opus 4.7 62/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: GPT-5.5 for raw capability and Kimi K3 on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityGPT-5.5Capabilities Index (ECI): GPT-5.5 159.2 · Kimi K3 157.6 · Claude Opus 4.7 156.4
  • Lowest priceKimi K3Kimi K3 $6.00 · Claude Opus 4.7 $10.00 · GPT-5.5 $11.25 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGPT-5.5 and Kimi K3GPT-5.5 1,050,000 · Kimi K3 1,048,576 · Claude Opus 4.7 1,000,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsClaude Opus 4.7: Text, Images, PDFs · Kimi K3: Text, Images, Video · GPT-5.5: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingKimi K3Publishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightClaude Opus 4.7Kimi K3GPT-5.5
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%868890
Price25%2130
Inputs & features15%808080
Context window10%606161
Overall100%62/10065/10063/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Claude Opus 4.7 vs Kimi K3 vs GPT-5.5 specifications side by side
SpecificationClaude Opus 4.7AnthropicKimi K3Moonshot AIGPT-5.5OpenAI
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)156.4157.6159.2 (best)
ECI rank#22 of 148#13 of 148#10 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions90.2%93.1%94.0% (best)
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics70.2%72.2%85.3% (best)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics97.8%97.2%100% (best)
SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues83.5% (best)—80.6%
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions51.7%50.6%63.0% (best)
Price per million tokens
Input$5.00$3.00 (best)$5.00
Output$25.00$15.00 (best)$30.00
Cached input$0.50$0.30 (best)$0.50
Blended (3:1)$10.00$6.00 (best)$11.25
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateOver 272K: $10.00 / $45.00
Price sourceOfficial Anthropic APIOfficial Moonshot AI APIOfficial OpenAI API
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,048,576 tokens1,050,000 tokens (best)
Max output128,000 tokens131,072 tokens (best)128,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesYesYes
PDFsYesNoYes
AudioNoNoNo
VideoNoYesNo
ReasoningYeslow · medium · high · xhigh · maxYeslow · high · maxYeslow · medium · high · xhigh
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputYesYesYes
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenProprietary
API model IDclaude-opus-4-7kimi-k3gpt-5.5
API providers3868 (best)42
ReleasedApr 16, 2026Jul 16, 2026Apr 23, 2026
Knowledge cutoffJan 31, 2026—Dec 1, 2025
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Claude Opus 4.7$100.00
  • Kimi K3$60.00
  • GPT-5.5$110.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.7, Kimi K3 or GPT-5.5?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (Kimi K3 65/100, GPT-5.5 63/100, Claude Opus 4.7 62/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: GPT-5.5 for raw capability and Kimi K3 on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.7, Kimi K3 or GPT-5.5?

Kimi K3 is cheaper at $3.00 input / $15.00 output per million tokens (official Moonshot AI API price). Claude Opus 4.7 costs $5.00 input / $25.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price); GPT-5.5 costs $5.00 input / $30.00 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 $10.00 for Claude Opus 4.7 (1.7× as much) and $11.25 for GPT-5.5 (1.9× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

GPT-5.5 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): GPT-5.5 159.2 (#10 of 148), Kimi K3 157.6 (#13 of 148) and Claude Opus 4.7 156.4 (#22 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (156.9–162.4 vs 154.9–160.4), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — GPT-5.5 94.0%, Kimi K3 93.1%, Claude Opus 4.7 90.2%; FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — GPT-5.5 85.3%, Kimi K3 72.2%, Claude Opus 4.7 70.2%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — GPT-5.5 100%, Claude Opus 4.7 97.8%, Kimi K3 97.2%; SimpleQA Verified — GPT-5.5 63.0%, Claude Opus 4.7 51.7%, Kimi K3 50.6%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Kimi K3 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, GPT-5.5 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.5 and Kimi K3 have the largest context windows (1,050,000 and 1,048,576 tokens), against 1,000,000 for Claude Opus 4.7. Maximum output per response: Claude Opus 4.7 up to 128,000, Kimi K3 up to 131,072, GPT-5.5 up to 128,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Claude Opus 4.7 accepts text, images and PDFs; Kimi K3 accepts text, images and video; GPT-5.5 accepts text, images and PDFs. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

Kimi K3 publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Claude Opus 4.7 and GPT-5.5 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Kimi K3 is the newest, released Jul 16, 2026. GPT-5.5 came out Apr 23, 2026; Claude Opus 4.7 came out Apr 16, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Opus 4.7 Jan 31, 2026, GPT-5.5 Dec 1, 2025.

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.