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Kimi K2.6

Benchmarks, price, context and versions

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Direct answer: Kimi K2.6 is a model from Moonshot AI. 90.8% on GPQA Diamond, per Epoch AI. On OpenRouter, US$ 0.65 per 1 million input tokens and US$ 3.41 per 1 million output tokens.

✓ Good for

  • technical reasoning on science topics (#38 of 198 on GPQA Diamond)
  • calculation and problems with an exact answer (#38 of 186 on OTIS Mock AIME)
  • running on your own infrastructure (open weights)

✕ Not the best for

  • the ceiling of reasoning on research-level math (#46 of 86 on FrontierMath (tiers 1 to 3))
  • answering short facts with little invention (#56 of 87 on SimpleQA Verified)

This block follows a rule of this section, using source data: if the model is in the top 25% of the metric, the item goes under "Good for"; if it is in the bottom half, it goes under "Not the best for". The middle band appears in neither. Price and context use OpenRouter; scores use Epoch AI or OpenRouter Benchmarks, in the latest version we checked.

Benchmarks

GPQA Diamond

?what it is
90.8%

highest score on this metric 96.4%

38º / 198 · Epoch AI, latest version we checked

OTIS Mock AIME

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96.1%

highest score on this metric 100%

38º / 186 · Epoch AI, latest version we checked

FrontierMath (tiers 1 to 3)

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57.2%

highest score on this metric 95.1%

46º / 86 · Epoch AI, latest version we checked

SimpleQA Verified

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34.9%

highest score on this metric 94%

56º / 87 · Epoch AI, latest version we checked

SWE-bench Verified

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76.7%

highest score on this metric 83.5%

9º / 32 · Epoch AI, latest version we checked

GPQA Diamond (OpenRouter)

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89.7%

highest score on this metric 96.5%

44º / 135 · OpenRouter Benchmarks, latest version we checked

τ-bench Verified (airline)

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74.9%

highest score on this metric 82%

54º / 131 · OpenRouter Benchmarks, latest version we checked

Key specs

Origin
China
Family
Kimi K2 provisional data
Weights?
open
License
no data
Input US$/1M?
US$ 0.65
Output US$/1M
US$ 3.41
Context?
262,144 tokens
Parameters
no data
Input
image, text
OpenRouter usage?
no data
Downloads (30 days)?
no data
Use cases provisional data
Text Agents Code
Dates in sources
  • 2026, published, per Epoch AI
  • 2026, listed on OpenRouter

Version history

Dates come from the sources: OpenRouter listing or Hugging Face repo creation, which may differ from the official launch.

FAQ

How much does Kimi K2.6 cost?

On OpenRouter, US$ 0.65 per 1 million input tokens and US$ 3.41 per 1 million output tokens.

What is the context window of Kimi K2.6?

262,144 tokens, per OpenRouter.

Is Kimi K2.6 open source?

Yes, it has open weights. License: no data.

What is Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is a model from Moonshot AI, with open weights, used for text, agents, code.

What is Kimi K2.6's GPQA Diamond score?

90.8% on GPQA Diamond, per Epoch AI.

Is Kimi K2.6 good for coding?

It scores 76.7% on SWE-bench Verified, per Epoch AI.

Who made Kimi K2.6?

It was made by Moonshot AI, a lab from China.

provisional data Questions ordered by what shows up in public Google search suggestions (no volume). Answers use source data only.

Models from Moonshot AI

See lab

Sources

  • Epoch AI, CC BY 4.0, latest version we checked.
  • OpenRouter, dados públicos da API; exports de benchmarks e rankings em CC BY 4.0, latest version we checked.
  • OpenRouter Benchmarks, CC BY 4.0, latest version we checked.

Dates come from the sources: OpenRouter listing or Hugging Face repo creation, which may differ from the official launch. Family and version were grouped by rule from the name.