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Kimi K2.6

Multimodal Kimi workhorse for agent loops, coding tasks, and visual context

Model facts

Context window
262K tokens
Maximum output
262K tokens
Cheapest paid input
$0.22 per 1M tokens
Cheapest paid output
$1.14 per 1M tokens
Open weights
yes
Providers
72

Capabilities and modalities

reasoning, tool calling, structured output, attachments, temperature control, open weights, text, image, video, pdf.

Local hardware estimate

At 4K context: Q4_K_M 629.5 GiB, Q8_0 1107.7 GiB, F16 2004.2 GiB working memory.

Parameters
1026.9 billion
Architecture
kimik25
Model license
other

Planning estimate adapted from the MIT-licensed whichllm estimator using metadata from Hugging Face; not a vendor minimum requirement.

Artificial Analysis benchmarks

Compare this model on the full LLM benchmark leaderboard.

ConfigurationAAICodingMathOutput tokens/s
default45.161.8not measurednot measured
Non-reasoning35.4not measurednot measurednot measured

Observed price history

  • 2026-08-24: $0.22 input / $1.14 output per 1M tokens

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