Kimi K2.6
by Moonshot AI · moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 · #205 cheapest of 325 paid models
Prices updated Jul 22, 2026, 1:31 AM UTC · refreshed hourly
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...
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Pricing
Input
$0.684
per 1M tokens
Output
$3.42
per 1M tokens
Blended (3:1)
$1.37
3 input : 1 output
Cache read
$0.144
per 1M cached tokens
Cache write
—
per 1M tokens
Cache & batch economics
Effective prices for Kimi K2.6 with prompt caching.
| Cache hit rate | Effective blended $/1M | Example request* | vs no cache |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | $1.37 | $0.0732 | — |
| 50% | $1.17 | $0.0462 | −37% |
| 90% | $1.00 | $0.0246 | −66% |
*Example: 100K sticky context + 2K new input + 1K output. Batch discount is an approximate 50% off list rates (available for OpenAI / Anthropic / Google — not flagged for this creator). Confirm on the vendor’s pricing page.
What a request costs
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Cost / request | Cost / 1K requests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat message | 500 | 300 | $0.001368 | $1.37 |
| Document summary | 8,000 | 1,000 | $0.008892 | $8.89 |
| Codebase question (RAG) | 30,000 | 2,000 | $0.0274 | $27.36 |
| Long-context analysis | 150,000 | 5,000 | $0.1197 | $119.70 |
Performance
Intelligence Index
44.2
AA composite quality
Coding Index
61.8
Math Index
—
Agentic Index
30.3
Output speed
—
median
Time to first token
—
median
Time to first answer
—
after reasoning tokens
Design Arena Elo
| Category | Elo |
|---|---|
| Website | 1,304 |
| Web apps | 1,268 |
| Full-stack | 1,216 |
| Mobile apps | 1,248 |
| Android native | 1,294 |
| UI components | 1,305 |
| Data viz | 1,295 |
| SVG | 1,225 |
| 3D | 1,333 |
| Game dev | 1,307 |
| Agentic game dev | 1,157 |
| Godot game dev | 1,168 |
| HTML slides | 1,229 |
| PPTX slides | 1,181 |
| Python→PPTX slides | 1,180 |
| Agentic slides | 1,187 |
| Agentic HTML slides | 1,248 |
| Agentic slides (HTML) | 1,252 |
| Agentic slides (Python PPTX) | 1,186 |
| Code categories | 1,311 |
| ASCII art | 1,192 |
Specs
Context window
262K
tokens
Max output
262K
tokens
Input modalities
text, image
Tokenizer
Other