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Kimi K3 (Reasoning), Terminus-2 vs. Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code

Kimi K3 (Reasoning), Terminus-2 against Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code: Geospatial Agent Index, each evaluation, cost, time and tokens, on the same tasks and limits. The harnesses differ, so part of any gap can come from the harness. Methodology.

Side by side

Kimi K3 (Reasoning), Terminus-2 vs. Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code
MetricKimi K3 (Reasoning), Terminus-2Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code
Geospatial Agent Index: Text only7269
Geospatial Agent Index: Text + visionNo data71
Earth-Bench V2 score7256
GeoBenchX score6477
GS-QA2 score8076
Vision agents scoreNo data78
GeoAgentBench score (Guided workflows; not in the Agent Index)9494
GeoAnalystBench score (Guided workflows; not in the Agent Index)8995
OGD4All score (standalone; in no index)No data96
GeoNatureAgent score (standalone; in no index)No data100
MultiGlobeQA score (standalone; in no index)No data77
GeoAgentEval score (standalone; in no index)No data100
Remote sensing and raster analysis score8069
GIS analysis score7675
Climate and time series score7159
Spatial statistics score5438
Making maps score8184
Recognising infeasible requests score5080
Cost per task$0.23$0.043
Time per task (at 100 output tokens/s)2.7 min0.4 min
Tokens per attempt53k70k
Turns per attempt7.23.9
Input price per 1M tokens$3.00$2.00
Output price per 1M tokens$15.00$10.00
Context window1,000,0001,000,000
Image inputYesYes
DeveloperMoonshot AIAnthropic

Charts

Geospatial Agent Index

Equal average of Earth-Bench V2, GeoBenchX and GS-QA2, 0 to 100 · Higher is better

Geospatial Agent IndexScores 0 to 100: Kimi K3 (Reasoning), Terminus-2: 72; Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code: 69025507510072Kimi K3 (Reasoning)69Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low)
Data table: Geospatial Agent Index
Geospatial Agent Index
ModelDeveloperGeospatial Agent Index
Kimi K3 (Reasoning), Terminus-2Moonshot AI72
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude CodeAnthropic69

Cost per task

Average cost per task (USD) · Lower is better

Cost per taskCost per task in US dollars: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code: $0.043; Kimi K3 (Reasoning), Terminus-2: $0.23$0$0.10$0.20$0.30$0.40$0.043Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low)$0.23Kimi K3 (Reasoning)
Data table: Cost per task
Cost per task
ModelDeveloperCost per task
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude CodeAnthropic$0.043
Kimi K3 (Reasoning), Terminus-2Moonshot AI$0.23

Output tokens per task

Average output tokens per attempt, reasoning included · Lower is better

Output tokens per taskOutput tokens per task: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code: 1k; Kimi K3 (Reasoning), Terminus-2: 6k02k3k4k6k1kClaude Sonnet 5.5 (low)6kKimi K3 (Reasoning)
Data table: Output tokens per task
Output tokens per task
ModelDeveloperOutput tokens per task
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude CodeAnthropic1k
Kimi K3 (Reasoning), Terminus-2Moonshot AI6k

Frequently asked questions

Which scores higher on the Geospatial Agent Index, Kimi K3 (Reasoning), Terminus-2 or Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code?
Kimi K3 (Reasoning), Terminus-2, 72 to 69.
Which is cheaper per task, Kimi K3 (Reasoning), Terminus-2 or Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code, $0.043 to $0.23.
Which writes fewer output tokens per task, Kimi K3 (Reasoning), Terminus-2 or Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code, 1k to 6k.
Which has the larger context window, Kimi K3 (Reasoning), Terminus-2 or Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code?
They are level, at 1,000,000 tokens.

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