Author's Description
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...
Key Specifications
Supported Parameters
This model supports the following parameters:
Features
This model supports the following features:
Performance Summary
MoonshotAI's Kimi K2.6, a multimodal model created on April 20, 2026, demonstrates exceptional reliability with a 99% success rate across 8 benchmarks, indicating minimal technical failures. However, its speed performance tends to be slower, ranking in the 15th percentile, and it is positioned at premium pricing levels, ranking in the 8th percentile. Despite its longer response times and higher cost, Kimi K2.6 exhibits remarkable accuracy in several key areas. It achieved perfect 100% accuracy in General Knowledge, Email Classification, and Reasoning, often being the most accurate model at its price point and among models of similar speed in these categories. Its Instruction Following and Coding capabilities are strong, with 82% and 93% accuracy respectively, placing it in the top quartiles. Mathematics also shows robust performance at 94% accuracy. While its Hallucinations accuracy is 96%, indicating a good ability to acknowledge uncertainty, its Ethics performance at 99% is solid but places it in the mid-range compared to other models. The model's primary strengths lie in its high accuracy across complex reasoning, knowledge, and classification tasks, making it a powerful tool for applications requiring precision, despite its slower speed and premium cost.
Model Pricing
Current Pricing
| Feature | Price (per 1M tokens) |
|---|---|
| Prompt | $0.95 |
| Completion | $4 |
| Input Cache Read | $0.16 |
Price History
Available Endpoints
| Provider | Endpoint Name | Context Length | Pricing (Input) | Pricing (Output) |
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Moonshot AI
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Moonshot AI | moonshotai/kimi-k2.6-20260420 | 262K | $0.95 / 1M tokens | $4 / 1M tokens |
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Novita
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Novita | moonshotai/kimi-k2.6-20260420 | 262K | $0.95 / 1M tokens | $4 / 1M tokens |
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Cloudflare
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Cloudflare | moonshotai/kimi-k2.6-20260420 | 262K | $0.95 / 1M tokens | $4 / 1M tokens |
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Parasail
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Parasail | moonshotai/kimi-k2.6-20260420 | 262K | $0.8 / 1M tokens | $3.5 / 1M tokens |
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Io Net
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Io Net | moonshotai/kimi-k2.6-20260420 | 262K | $0.8 / 1M tokens | $4 / 1M tokens |
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Phala
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Phala | moonshotai/kimi-k2.6-20260420 | 262K | $1.09 / 1M tokens | $4.6 / 1M tokens |
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BaseTen
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BaseTen | moonshotai/kimi-k2.6-20260420 | 262K | $0.95 / 1M tokens | $4 / 1M tokens |
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DeepInfra
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DeepInfra | moonshotai/kimi-k2.6-20260420 | 262K | $0.75 / 1M tokens | $3.5 / 1M tokens |
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Together
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Together | moonshotai/kimi-k2.6-20260420 | 262K | $1.2 / 1M tokens | $4.5 / 1M tokens |
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Inceptron
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Inceptron | moonshotai/kimi-k2.6-20260420 | 262K | $0.8 / 1M tokens | $3.5 / 1M tokens |
Benchmark Results
| Benchmark | Category | Reasoning | Strategy | Free | Executions | Accuracy | Cost | Duration |
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Other Models by moonshotai
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Released | Params | Context |
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Speed | Ability | Cost |
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| MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 Unavailable | Apr 20, 2026 | — | 262K |
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★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 | Jan 26, 2026 | — | 262K |
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★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| MoonshotAI: Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct Unavailable | Nov 07, 2025 | 48B | 1M |
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★★★★ | ★★ | $$$ |
| MoonshotAI: Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct Unavailable | Nov 07, 2025 | 48B | 1M |
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— | ★ | $$$$ |
| MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking | Nov 06, 2025 | ~1T | 262K |
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★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 | Sep 04, 2025 | ~32B | 262K |
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★★ | ★★★ | $$$$ |
| MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) Unavailable | Sep 04, 2025 | ~1T | 262K |
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— | — | $$$$$ |
| MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 | Jul 11, 2025 | ~1T | 131K |
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★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$ |
| MoonshotAI: Kimi Dev 72B Unavailable | Jun 16, 2025 | 72B | 131K |
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★ | ★★ | $$$$ |
| MoonshotAI: Kimi VL A3B Thinking Unavailable | Apr 10, 2025 | 3B | 131K |
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★★ | ★ | $$ |