Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) vs Kimi K2.6

Anthropic · Kimi · catalog 2026-09-14

Trade-off: Kimi K2.6 is cheaper ($0.702 vs $3.85/M); Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) scores higher on intelligence (31.9 vs 31.3).

	Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)	Kimi K2.6
Speed (tok/s)	39.1 measured	38.7 measured
Blended $/M	$3.85 derived	$0.702 derived
Intelligence index	31.9 measured	31.3 measured
TTFT (ms)	2397 measured	293 measured
Context	—	262k list
Coding index	not measured for both
Agentic index	not measured for both

Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) card · Kimi K2.6 card · 3D observatory

Verdicts use price×intelligence dominance only, and only where both sides are measured; null cells stay null with their provenance (em-dash = not in catalog). Percentile-free by design — this page compares two models, not the field. Generated page — do not hand-edit.