Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI dropped July 16, 2026 — open weights, $3/$15 per million tokens, 1M context. Claude Opus 5 (released July 24) sits at $5/$25 with a slightly higher Intelligence Index of 61 vs K3's 57. On coding benchmarks they're within a few points. On the bill, K3 wins by 5-6× with cache hits.

Which one wins for you: cost per token, or complex reasoning? Drop your stack in the comments.

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Sources:
– Kimi K3 on OpenRouter: https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3
– Opus 5 benchmarks: https://dervity.com/blog/claude-opus-5-benchmarks-pricing-guide

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