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CLAUDE FABLE 5.2 VS KIMI K3
Anthropic vs Moonshot AI, in USD per million tokens, cross-checked daily against the public pricing dataset. Same jobs, both meters running.
Every Claude model's price →Every Moonshot AI model's price →
Claude Fable 5.2 costs 2.7x more than Kimi K3 for the same job — a 1,000-token prompt with a 3,000-token reply runs $0.13 vs $0.05. At 1,000 runs a day, that gap is $2,400.00 a month for identical traffic.
SIDE BY SIDE
| Claude Fable 5.2 → | Kimi K3 → | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Anthropic | Moonshot AI |
| Input / MTok | $8.00 | $3.00 |
| Output / MTok | $40.00 | $15.00 |
| Output multiple | 5.0x | 5.0x |
| 1K prompt + 3K reply | $0.13 | $0.05 |
SAME JOB, BOTH BILLS
| Scenario | Claude Fable 5.2 | Kimi K3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| A typical prompt | $0.04 | $0.01 | 2.7x |
| A 20-turn conversation | $0.19 | $0.07 | 2.7x |
| Summarizing a 10-page document | $0.19 | $0.07 | 2.7x |
| One agent run | $0.50 | $0.19 | 2.7x |
| A code review request | $0.16 | $0.06 | 2.7x |
Output sizes use the same editorial ratios as the Burn Calculator. Estimates, not invoices — and price is not a benchmark: the cheaper model is only a bargain if it does the job.
SETTLE IT WITH YOUR OWN PROMPT
Paste a real prompt into the Burn Calculator and see what it costs on Claude Fable 5.2, Kimi K3 and the other 40 models on the board — plus how much of it is waste either way.