Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) vs. KAT Coder Pro V2
Comparison between Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) and KAT Coder Pro V2 across intelligence, price, speed, context window and more.
For details relating to our methodology, see our Methodology page.
Highlights
Model Comparison
Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) | KAT Coder Pro V2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | 42 | 34 | Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) is more intelligent than KAT Coder Pro V2 |
| Price per 1M Tokens | $1.54 | $0.22 | KAT Coder Pro V2 is cheaper than Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) |
| Output Speed | 62 tokens/s | 103 tokens/s | KAT Coder Pro V2 is faster than Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) |
| Time to First Token | 1.24s | 1.50s | Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) responds faster than KAT Coder Pro V2 |
| Context Window | 1000k tokens~1,500 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font | 256k tokens~384 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font | Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) has a larger context window than KAT Coder Pro V2 |
| Release Date | June 2026 | March 2026 | Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) has a more recent release date than KAT Coder Pro V2 |
| Reasoning | No | No | Neither Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) nor KAT Coder Pro V2 have reasoning |
| Image Input Support | Yes | No | Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) has image input support while KAT Coder Pro V2 does not |
| Open Source (Weights) | No | No | Both Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) and KAT Coder Pro V2 are proprietary |
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary
Intelligence Evaluations
Agentic real-world work tasks, (Elo-500)/2000
Agentic tool use
Agentic coding & terminal use
Coding
Reasoning & knowledge
Scientific reasoning
Physics reasoning
Knowledge
1 - hallucination rate
Long context reasoning
Agentic knowledge work, Elo
Agentic SaaS workflows
Legal agentic work, criterion pass rate
Agentic business operations
Instruction following
Long-horizon agentic tasks
Kubernetes incident root-cause analysis
Visual reasoning
AA-Briefcase
AA-Briefcase Elo
AA-Omniscience
AA-Omniscience Index
Openness Index
Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Score
Intelligence Index Comparisons
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Token Use
Output Tokens per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Context Window
Context Window
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed
Time per Intelligence Index Task
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Latency: Time To First Answer Token
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time
Model Size (Open Weights Models Only)
Model Size: Total and Active Parameters
Frequently Asked Questions
Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) is more intelligent. Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) scores 42, compared with KAT Coder Pro V2 at 34 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
KAT Coder Pro V2 is faster. KAT Coder Pro V2 generates 103.3 tokens per second, compared with Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) at 62.3 tokens per second.
KAT Coder Pro V2 is cheaper. KAT Coder Pro V2 costs $0.22 per 1M tokens, compared with Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) at $1.54 per 1M tokens (7:2:1 cache hit/input/output ratio).
Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) has lower latency. Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) has a time to first token of 1.24s, compared with KAT Coder Pro V2 at 1.50s.
Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) has a larger context window. Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) supports 1.0M tokens, compared with KAT Coder Pro V2 at 260k tokens.