
Claude Opus 5 vs Kimi K3.1 Pro API pricing
For a chat message (1K input, 500 output), Kimi K3.1 Pro costs $0.007 per request and Claude Opus 5 costs $0.0175, so Kimi K3.1 Pro is about 2.5× cheaper.
On the overall leaderboard Claude Opus 5 ranks #9 and Kimi K3.1 Pro ranks #2.
Prices are the standard pay-as-you-go prices in OpenRouter's public model list, with input at the cache-miss price. Models OpenRouter does not list use the vendor's official price; those listed in CNY are converted to USD at this round's exchange rate.
Prices and rankings
| USD per million tokens | Claude Opus 5 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $5 | $2 |
| Output | $25 | $10 |
| Cached input | $0.5 | $0.2 |
| Provider | Anthropic | Kimi |
| Release date | 2026-07-24 | 2026-10-23 |
| Overall rank | #9 | #2 |
| Coding rank | #6 | — |
| Reasoning rank | #9 | — |
| Knowledge rank | #15 | — |
| Professional work rank | #7 | — |
| Verified | 2026-10-31 | 2026-10-31 |
| Price source | Price source | Price source |
Cost per request by usage
Without cache discounts or batch pricing.
| Usage | Claude Opus 5 | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat message1K in / 500 out | $0.0175$17.5 per 1,000 | $0.007$7 per 1,000 | Kimi K3.1 Pro is 2.5× cheaper |
| Long document100K in / 2K out | $0.55$550 per 1,000 | $0.22$220 per 1,000 | Kimi K3.1 Pro is 2.5× cheaper |
| Agent session500K in / 50K out | $3.75$3,750 per 1,000 | $1.5$1,500 per 1,000 | Kimi K3.1 Pro is 2.5× cheaper |
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