Kimi K2.6
Kimi K2.6 by Moonshot AI: League Score, pricing, context window and sourced benchmarks — the full tracked record.
70 Open weights $0.95 / $4.00 per 1M 262.1K context
League positions: #15 overall · #3 Coding Division · #12 Reasoning Division · #8 Value Division · #2 Open-Weight Division. Score coverage: 35% of components measured. Count tokens & cost for Kimi K2.6 · Estimate a workload cost
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Specifications & pricing
| Maker | Moonshot AI — lab profile |
| Family | Kimi K2 |
| Released | Apr 20, 2026 |
| Status | Current |
| Weights | Open weights |
| License | Modified MIT |
| Knowledge cutoff | Not published |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens |
| Max output | — |
| Modalities in | text, image, video |
| Modalities out | text |
| API price (input) | $0.95 per 1M tokens |
| API price (output) | $4.00 per 1M tokens |
| Cached input | $0.16 per 1M |
| Blended (3:1 in:out) | $1.71 per 1M |
| Pricing source | Official pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026) |
| API access | Moonshot Kimi API |
Benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Source | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.5 / 100 | BenchLM GPQA leaderboard | Oct 14, 2026 | Source |
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2 / 100 | BenchLM SWE-bench leaderboard | Oct 14, 2026 | Source |
How its League Score is built
| Component | Raw | Normalised | Weight | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2 | 64.9 | 20% | Oct 14, 2026 | Source |
| GPQA Diamond | 90.5 | 76.1 | 15% | Oct 14, 2026 | Source |
Normalised 0–100 against the tracked field; missing components redistribute their weight. Full rules on the methodology page.
Closest rivals
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FAQ
How much does Kimi K2.6 cost?
Kimi K2.6 costs $0.95 per 1M input tokens and $4.00 per 1M output tokens on the first-party API (checked Oct 14, 2026).
What is the context window of Kimi K2.6?
Kimi K2.6 accepts up to 262,144 tokens of context.
Is Kimi K2.6 open source?
Yes — its weights are publicly downloadable (license: Modified MIT).
Data verified Oct 14, 2026. Spotted an error? Every figure above links to its source.