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MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 vs OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol

OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol wins on more metrics (7 of 9), but the right pick depends on what you optimize for — see the breakdown below.

MetricMoonshotAI: Kimi K3OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol
Intelligence Index57.158.9
Coding Index76.277.4
GPQA Diamond94%94%
Design Arena Elo1364
Speed (tokens/sec)80
Latency4.3s
Input price /M$3.00$5.00
Output price /M$15.00$30.00
Context window1.0M1.1M
CapabilitiesReasoningToolsJSONVisionReasoningToolsJSONVision