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Kimi K2.6

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Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot AI's next-generation multimodal model, designed for long-horizon coding, coding-driven UI/UX generation, and multi-agent orchestration. It handles complex end-to-end coding tasks across Python, Rust, and Go, and... Built by MoonshotAI.

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Input price

$0.44

per 1M tokens · Standard

Output price

$2.45

per 1M tokens · Standard

Input limit

262K

tokens

Output limit

236K

tokens

Input formats

TextImageVideoAudioPDF

Output formats

TextImageVideoAudioPDF
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Kimi K2.6 price history

5 price records since 9/25/2026 · 3 changes

Kimi K2.6 cost calculator

Input20M tokens
Output5M tokens

$21/month

Standard pricing

    Overview

    What is Kimi K2.6?

    Kimi K2.6 is a text & reasoning and vision model from MoonshotAI. Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot AI's next-generation multimodal model, designed for long-horizon coding, coding-driven UI/UX generation, and multi-agent orchestration. It handles complex end-to-end coding tasks across Python, Rust, and Go, and... Its 262K context window and $0.44 input price make it a candidate for quality-focused production applications.

    Image understandingDocument analysisContent workflowsClassification

    Benchmarks

    Kimi K2.6 benchmarks & speed

    How Kimi K2.6 scores on standardized evaluations, and where it lands among every model we track.

    27.0

    Intelligence Index

    Better than 69% of 153 models

    60tok/s

    Output speed

    Better than 23% of 119 models

    1275

    DesignArena Elo

    Better than 75% of 81 models

    Reasoning

    GPQA Diamond

    91.1%

    Graduate-level scientific reasoning · top 21%

    HLE

    37.5%

    Humanity's Last Exam · top 27%

    Coding

    SciCode

    51.5%

    Python for scientific computing · top 43%

    Latency & design

    Time to first token
    2.81s
    DesignArena win rate
    54.8%
    Design battles judged
    34,043

    Independent scores from Artificial Analysis and DesignArena · updated 10/8/2026. Higher is better; ranks compare against every model we track with that score.

    Rates

    Kimi K2.6 pricing

    Pricing is based on token usage. Provider-specific caching, batch, regional, and tool charges may affect the final cost.

    Input · Standard

    $0.44

    Per 1M tokens

    Cached input · Standard

    $0.12

    Per 1M tokens

    Capabilities

    Kimi K2.6 Tools

    Tools available when using Kimi K2.6 through supported provider APIs.

    Function calling

    Supported

    Structured outputs

    Supported

    JSON mode

    Supported

    Reasoning

    Supported

    Built-in web search

    Not supported

    Log probabilities

    Supported

    Deterministic seed

    Supported

    Parallel tool calls

    Supported

    Prompt caching

    Supported

    Strengths and limitations

    Strengths

    • Measured results (AA Intelligence 27 · DesignArena Elo 1275) position it for demanding production work.
    • 262K context supports large documents, repositories and extended conversations.
    • Supports text & reasoning and vision workloads in one model.

    Limitations

    • Generated tokens cost 6× more than input tokens, which matters for verbose responses.
    • Large context capacity does not guarantee consistent retrieval across the entire prompt.
    • Arena Elo and MMLU-Pro are directional; test accuracy, latency and reliability on your own workload before committing.

    Arena Elo, MMLU-Pro and pricing figures are illustrative; validate current vendor terms before purchase.

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    Frequently asked questions about Kimi K2.6

    Kimi K2.6 is a text & reasoning and vision model from MoonshotAI. Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot AI's next-generation multimodal model, designed for long-horizon coding, coding-driven UI/UX generation, and multi-agent orchestration. It handles complex end-to-end coding tasks across Python, Rust, and Go, and...