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Moonshot: Kimi K2.6

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Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot’s open-weights AI model, released Apr 20, 2026. It costs $0.95/M input and $4/M output tokens, and handles a 262K-token context window. Its strongest use case is coding, where it ranks in the 76th percentile of the models Model Beat tracks.

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.

Context
262K
Input
$0.95 / 1M
Output
$4 / 1M
Cheapest via Crusoe
$0.70 / $3.50 / 1M
Released
Apr 20, 2026
Modalities
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Strongest atCoding top 24%Math top 27%Agentic & Tools top 32%

Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where Kimi K2.6 lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

71.0
Intelligence Index
Epoch AI
71st percentile of tracked models
76.0
Coding Index
Epoch AI
76th percentile of tracked models
68.0
Agentic Index
Epoch AI
68th percentile of tracked models

Reasoning

4 evals
GPQA Diamond90.8%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

Humanity's Last Exam35.9%

Frontier of human expert knowledge

SimpleQA Verified38.7%

Factual accuracy & hallucination

WeirdML55.9%

Novel ML problem-solving

Coding

3 evals
SciCode53.5%

Scientific research coding

SWE-bench Verified76.7%

Real GitHub issue resolution

WebDev Arena1526

Human-rated web development

Math

3 evals
AIME 2024/202596.1%

Olympiad-qualifier math

FrontierMath39.0%

Research-level math problems

FrontierMath Tier 414.6%

Hardest research math

Agentic & Tools

2 evals
APEX18.9%

Multi-step agentic tasks

τ²-bench95.9%

Tool-agent-user reliability

In the news

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Changelog

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  • Kimi K2.6: cheapest credible provider via Crusoe now $0.7 per 1M input tokens (was $0.76, -8%)cheapest provider · Jul 23, 2026
  • Kimi K2.6: cheapest credible provider via Crusoe now $3.5 per 1M output tokens (was $3.2, +9%)cheapest provider · Jul 23, 2026
  • Kimi K2.6: cheapest credible provider via DigitalOcean now $0.76 per 1M input tokens (was $0.8, -5%)cheapest provider · Jul 14, 2026
  • Kimi K2.6: cheapest credible provider via DigitalOcean now $3.2 per 1M output tokens (was $3.4, -6%)cheapest provider · Jul 14, 2026

Compare Kimi K2.6 with

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Frequently asked questions

What is Kimi K2.6?

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.

Who created Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is an AI model developed by Moonshot, part of the Kimi family, released Apr 20, 2026.

How much does Kimi K2.6 cost?

Kimi K2.6's list price from Moonshot is $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens. The cheapest credible third-party provider on OpenRouter (Crusoe) serves it at $0.70/$3.50 per 1M.

What is Kimi K2.6's context window?

Kimi K2.6 supports a context window of up to 262K tokens.

How does Kimi K2.6 perform on benchmarks?

On standardized evaluations tracked by Epoch AI, Kimi K2.6 scores 95.9% on τ²-bench, 53.5% on SciCode, 90.8% on GPQA Diamond.

Is Kimi K2.6 open source?

Kimi K2.6 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.