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Kimi K2.5 is Moonshot’s open-weights AI model, released Feb 2, 2026. It costs $0.60/M input and $3/M output tokens, and handles a 262K-token context window.

Kimi K2.5 is Moonshot AI's native multimodal model, delivering state-of-the-art visual coding capability and a self-directed agent swarm paradigm.

Context
262K
Input
$0.60 / 1M
Output
$3 / 1M
Cheapest via DigitalOcean
$0.38 / $2.02 / 1M
Released
Feb 2, 2026
Modalities
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Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where Kimi K2.5 lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

49.0
Intelligence Index
Epoch AI
49th percentile of tracked models
51.0
Coding Index
Epoch AI
51st percentile of tracked models
55.0
Agentic Index
Epoch AI
55th percentile of tracked models

Reasoning

7 evals
ARC-AGI65.3%

Abstract visual reasoning

ARC-AGI-211.8%

Harder abstract reasoning

GPQA Diamond87.6%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

Humanity's Last Exam24.4%

Frontier of human expert knowledge

SimpleBench46.8%

Common-sense trick questions

SimpleQA Verified33.9%

Factual accuracy & hallucination

WeirdML45.6%

Novel ML problem-solving

Coding

3 evals
SciCode49.0%

Scientific research coding

SWE-bench Verified73.8%

Real GitHub issue resolution

WebDev Arena1431

Human-rated web development

Math

3 evals
AIME 2024/202592.2%

Olympiad-qualifier math

FrontierMath27.9%

Research-level math problems

FrontierMath Tier 44.2%

Hardest research math

Agentic & Tools

3 evals
APEX14.4%

Multi-step agentic tasks

Terminal-Bench43.2%

Command-line agentic tasks

τ²-bench95.9%

Tool-agent-user reliability

In the news

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Changelog

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  • Kimi K2.5: cheapest credible provider via DigitalOcean now $2.025 per 1M output tokens (was $3, -32%)cheapest provider · Jul 26, 2026
  • Kimi K2.5: cheapest credible provider via DigitalOcean now $0.375 per 1M input tokens (was $0.6, -38%)cheapest provider · Jul 26, 2026
  • Kimi K2.5: cheapest credible provider via Phala now $0.6 per 1M input tokens (was $0.375, +60%)cheapest provider · Jul 22, 2026
  • Kimi K2.5: cheapest credible provider via Phala now $3 per 1M output tokens (was $2.025, +48%)cheapest provider · Jul 22, 2026
  • Kimi K2.5: cheapest credible provider via DigitalOcean now $2.025 per 1M output tokens (was $3.5, -42%)cheapest provider · Jul 20, 2026
  • Kimi K2.5: cheapest credible provider via DigitalOcean now $0.375 per 1M input tokens (was $0.56, -33%)cheapest provider · Jul 20, 2026
  • Kimi K2.5: cheapest credible provider via Venice now $3.5 per 1M output tokens (was $2.025, +73%)cheapest provider · Jul 18, 2026
  • Kimi K2.5: cheapest credible provider via Venice now $0.56 per 1M input tokens (was $0.375, +49%)cheapest provider · Jul 18, 2026
  • Kimi K2.5: cheapest credible provider via DigitalOcean now $0.375 per 1M input tokens (was $0.54, -31%)cheapest provider · Jul 11, 2026
  • Kimi K2.5: cheapest credible provider via DigitalOcean now $2.025 per 1M output tokens (was $2.7, -25%)cheapest provider · Jul 11, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

What is Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 is Moonshot AI's native multimodal model, delivering state-of-the-art visual coding capability and a self-directed agent swarm paradigm.

Who created Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 is an AI model developed by Moonshot, part of the Kimi family, released Feb 2, 2026.

How much does Kimi K2.5 cost?

Kimi K2.5's list price from Moonshot is $0.60 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens. The cheapest credible third-party provider on OpenRouter (DigitalOcean) serves it at $0.38/$2.02 per 1M.

What is Kimi K2.5's context window?

Kimi K2.5 supports a context window of up to 262K tokens.

How does Kimi K2.5 perform on benchmarks?

On standardized evaluations tracked by Epoch AI, Kimi K2.5 scores 95.9% on τ²-bench, 49.0% on SciCode, 92.2% on AIME 2024/2025.

Is Kimi K2.5 open source?

Kimi K2.5 is released with open weights (Open weights (unrestricted)), so the model can be downloaded and self-hosted.

Benchmark data from Epoch AI (CC BY) and Artificial Analysis; pricing, specs & descriptions from OpenRouter. Data updated Jul 30, 2026.