Moonshot AI model product
Kimi K2.6
6 is Moonshot AI's open-source, native multimodal agentic model focused on state-of-the-art coding, long-horizon execution, and agent swarm capabilities.
Updated Aug 17, 2026. Default version: Kimi K2.6
LLMBoard Score75.1Kimi K2.6
Coverage80%28 benchmark families
Context window262.1KTokens
Official input price$0.95Moonshot AI API
Kimi K2.6 Capability Profile
This profile uses the model's current scored version. Arena ratings and prices are shown separately.
Kimi K2.6 Benchmark Results
Benchmark scores for Kimi K2.6.
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Benchmark | Score | Rank | Participants | Percentile | Evidence | Evaluated |
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| BenchmarkClaw-Eval | Score80.9% | Rank01 | Participants14 | Percentile100.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkOJBench | Score60.6% | Rank01 | Participants9 | Percentile100.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkV* | Score96.9% | Rank01 | Participants7 | Percentile100.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkWideSearch | Score80.8% | Rank02 | Participants10 | Percentile88.9% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAIME 2026 | Score96.4% | Rank03 | Participants21 | Percentile90.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkLiveCodeBench v6 | Score89.6% | Rank04 | Participants56 | Percentile94.5% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMathVision | Score93.2% | Rank04 | Participants33 | Percentile90.6% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMCP-Mark | Score55.9% | Rank04 | Participants8 | Percentile57.1% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkHMMT Feb 26 | Score92.7% | Rank05 | Participants12 | Percentile63.6% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSciCode | Score52.2% | Rank05 | Participants21 | Percentile80.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAPEX-Agents | Score27.9% | Rank06 | Participants8 | Percentile28.6% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkBabyVision | Score68.5% | Rank06 | Participants10 | Percentile44.4% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkDeepSearchQA | Score83.0% | Rank06 | Participants9 | Percentile37.5% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkBrowseComp | Score86.3% | Rank07 | Participants62 | Percentile90.2% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkIMO-AnswerBench | Score86.0% | Rank07 | Participants20 | Percentile68.4% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSWE-bench Multilingual | Score76.7% | Rank07 | Participants38 | Percentile83.8% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkCharXiv-R | Score86.7% | Rank10 | Participants51 | Percentile82.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkFinance Agent v2 | Score44.9% | Rank11 | Participants26 | Percentile60.0% | EvidenceB | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSWE-Bench Verified | Score80.2% | Rank13 | Participants111 | Percentile89.1% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkFrontierSWE | Score27.0% | Rank14 | Participants16 | Percentile13.3% | EvidenceB | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMMMU-Pro | Score80.1% | Rank14 | Participants68 | Percentile80.6% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkOSWorld-Verified | Score73.1% | Rank15 | Participants24 | Percentile39.1% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTerminal-Bench 2.0 | Score66.7% | Rank15 | Participants51 | Percentile72.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkToolathlon | Score50.0% | Rank18 | Participants37 | Percentile52.8% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkGPQA | Score90.5% | Rank19 | Participants239 | Percentile92.4% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSWE-Bench Pro | Score58.6% | Rank19 | Participants50 | Percentile63.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkLiveBench | Score72.2% | Rank25 | Participants38 | Percentile35.1% | EvidenceB | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkHumanity's Last Exam | Score36.4% | Rank42 | Participants99 | Percentile58.2% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
Kimi K2.6 Arena Results
Preference and agent-evaluation results for the default version.
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Arena | Category | Rank | Rating / score | Votes | Observations | Result date |
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| Arenaagent tool hallucination | Categoryoverall | Rank10 | Rating / score0.0 | VotesN/A | Observations297.2K | Result date |
| Arenadocument | Categoryoverall | Rank21 | Rating / score1450.9 | Votes11,181 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenaagent praise complaint | Categoryoverall | Rank24 | Rating / score0.0 | VotesN/A | Observations1.8K | Result date |
| Arenadocument style control | Categoryoverall | Rank25 | Rating / score1449.5 | Votes11,181 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenaagent task outcome explicit | Categoryoverall | Rank26 | Rating / score0.0 | VotesN/A | Observations5.9K | Result date |
| Arenavision | Categoryoverall | Rank26 | Rating / score1281.4 | Votes15,386 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenaagent steerability | Categoryoverall | Rank30 | Rating / score-0.0 | VotesN/A | Observations6.9K | Result date |
| Arenavision style control | Categoryoverall | Rank30 | Rating / score1263.4 | Votes15,386 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenawebdev | Categoryoverall | Rank30 | Rating / score1508.9 | Votes9,589 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenaagent | Categoryoverall | Rank31 | Rating / score-0.0 | VotesN/A | Observations321.5K | Result date |
| Arenatext | Categoryoverall | Rank32 | Rating / score1454.9 | Votes37,619 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenaagent bash recovery steps | Categoryoverall | Rank39 | Rating / score-0.1 | VotesN/A | Observations9.8K | Result date |
| Arenatext factuality | Categoryoverall | Rank41 | Rating / score1455.3 | Votes37,573 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenatext style control | Categoryoverall | Rank45 | Rating / score1460.7 | Votes37,619 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
Kimi K2.6 Pricing
Official vendor API pricing appears first, followed by individual provider offers.
- Official API
- $0.95 input, $4 output per 1M
- Official provider
- Moonshot AI
- Lowest third-party
- From $0.22 input, $1.14 output per 1M via LLM Gateway
- Tracked offerings
- 66
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Provider | Provider model ID | Region | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Updated |
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| ProviderNvidia | Provider model IDmoonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1MN/A | Output / 1MN/A | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderAlibaba Token Plan | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1MN/A | Output / 1MN/A | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderKenari | Provider model IDkimi-k2-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1MN/A | Output / 1MN/A | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderSCNet Token Plan | Provider model IDKimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1MN/A | Output / 1MN/A | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderAlibaba Token Plan (China) | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1MN/A | Output / 1MN/A | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderLLM Gateway | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.22 | Output / 1M$1.14 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| Providerrouting.run | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.275 | Output / 1M$1.1 | Context200K | Updated |
| ProviderVultr | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.30 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderNanoGPT | Provider model IDmoonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.50 | Output / 1M$2.6 | Context256K | Updated |
| ProviderCrofAI | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.50 | Output / 1M$1.99 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderInceptron | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.60 | Output / 1M$3.41 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderWeights & Biases | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.65 | Output / 1M$3.41 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderNeuralwatt | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.69 | Output / 1M$3.22 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderCrusoe | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.70 | Output / 1M$3.5 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderLilac | Provider model IDmoonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.70 | Output / 1M$3.5 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderInfomaniak | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.74 | Output / 1M$3.72 | Context256K | Updated |
| ProviderDeep Infra | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.75 | Output / 1M$3.5 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderFastRouter | Provider model IDmoonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.75 | Output / 1M$3.5 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderVenice AI | Provider model IDkimi-k2-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.75 | Output / 1M$3.5 | Context256K | Updated |
| ProviderGreenPT | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.7524 | Output / 1M$4.28 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderDigitalOcean | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.76 | Output / 1M$3.2 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderSiliconFlow | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.77 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262K | Updated |
| ProviderCortecs | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.773 | Output / 1M$3.38 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderNovitaAI | Provider model IDmoonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.80 | Output / 1M$3.4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderKilo Gateway | Provider model IDmoonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.80 | Output / 1M$3.4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderBerget.AI | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.83 | Output / 1M$3.85 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderGMI Cloud | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.855 | Output / 1M$3.6 | Context65.5K | Updated |
| ProviderEmpirioLabs AI | Provider model IDkimi-k2-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.8939 | Output / 1M$3.71 | Context256K | Updated |
| ProviderEBCloud | Provider model IDKimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.9286 | Output / 1M$3.86 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderAlibaba (China) | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.929 | Output / 1M$3.86 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderCloudflare Workers AI | Provider model ID@cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderOrcaRouter | Provider model IDkimi/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderHugging Face | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderOpenRouter | Provider model IDmoonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderAuriko | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderMoonshot AI | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderClarifai | Provider model IDmoonshotai/chat-completion/models/Kimi-K2_6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderOpenCode Go | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderAmbient | Provider model IDmoonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderMerge Gateway | Provider model IDmoonshot/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderCloudflare AI Gateway | Provider model IDworkers-ai/@cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderZenMux | Provider model IDmoonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderOfox | Provider model IDmoonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderAzure Cognitive Services | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderOpenCode Zen | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderCharm Hyper | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262K | Updated |
| ProviderAzure | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderFrogBot | Provider model IDkimi-k2-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context256K | Updated |
| ProviderBaseten | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262K | Updated |
| ProviderAIHubMix | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderClinePass | Provider model IDcline-pass/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderVercel AI Gateway | Provider model IDmoonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262K | Updated |
| ProviderEden AI | Provider model IDmoonshot/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderPioneer | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderFireworks AI | Provider model IDaccounts/fireworks/models/kimi-k2p6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262K | Updated |
| ProviderMoonshot AI (China) | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderAbacus | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.95 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderPoe | Provider model IDnovita/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.96 | Output / 1M$4.04 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderCrossModel | Provider model IDmoonshot/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$1 | Output / 1M$4.16 | Context262K | Updated |
| ProviderTensorX | Provider model IDmoonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$1 | Output / 1M$4 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderWafer | Provider model IDKimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$1.14 | Output / 1M$4.8 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderTogether AI | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$1.2 | Output / 1M$4.5 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderUnoRouter | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$1.27 | Output / 1M$5.34 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| Providerevroc | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$1.44 | Output / 1M$5.75 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderPrivatemode AI | Provider model IDkimi-k2.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$1.79 | Output / 1M$8.94 | Context256K | Updated |
Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.
Kimi K2.6 Runtime Performance
Provider-specific output speed and catalog latency for Kimi K2.6. Runtime does not affect the capability score.
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Provider | Output Speed | Catalog Latency | Max Input | Max Output | Updated |
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| ProviderFireworks | Output Speed285.051 tok/s | Catalog Latency0.369 s | Max Input262.1K | Max Output262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderTogether | Output Speed122.302 tok/s | Catalog Latency0.972 s | Max Input262.1K | Max Output131.1K | Updated |
Output Speed is generated output tokens received per second. Catalog latency is reported separately from observed provider TTFT.
Kimi K2.6 Specifications
Technical details for the model's default version.
- Version
- Kimi K2.6
- Released
- Apr 20, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- Jan 1, 2025
- Parameters
- 1T
- Context window
- 262.1K
- Max output
- 262.1K
- Inputs
- image, text, video
- Outputs
- text
- Open weights
- Yes
- License
- Modified MIT License
Kimi K2.6 Versions
Available versions of this model. The score column identifies the version used in the overall ranking.
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Version | Released | LLMBoard | Parameters | Context | Max output | Open weights | License |
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| VersionKimi K2.6 | Released | LLMBoard75.1 | Parameters1T | Context262.1K | Max output262.1K | Open weightsYes | LicenseModified MIT License |
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What is Kimi K2.6?
Key information about Kimi K2.6 and its available data.
6 is Moonshot AI's open-source, native multimodal agentic model focused on state-of-the-art coding, long-horizon execution, and agent swarm capabilities. It scales horizontally to 300 sub-agents executing 4,000 coordinated steps, dynamically decomposing tasks into parallel, domain-specialized subtasks.
6 unifies text, image, and video input with thinking and non-thinking modes, supports a 256K context, and powers proactive 24/7 background agents that manage schedules, execute code, and orchestrate cross-platform operations without human oversight.
Data as of 2026-08-17.
FAQ
Common questions about Kimi K2.6.
When was Kimi K2.6 released?
Kimi K2.6's default version was released on Apr 20, 2026.
How much does Kimi K2.6 cost?
Kimi K2.6's official API price is $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens via Moonshot AI. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $0.22 input and $1.14 output via LLM Gateway.
Who created Kimi K2.6?
Kimi K2.6 was created by Moonshot AI.
What is the context window for Kimi K2.6?
The default version has a 262.1K token context window.
Is Kimi K2.6 open weight?
Yes. The default version is marked as open weight under Modified MIT License.
How many API providers offer Kimi K2.6?
66 provider offerings are linked to the default version.
What models should I compare Kimi K2.6 with?
Nearby ranked alternatives include GPT-5.6-Luna, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.5-Pro.