Kimi K2.6 API Pricing
Moonshot AI · released 2026-04-20
Kimi K2.6 price
0.095¢ / 1K
0.400¢ / 1K
0.171¢ / 1K
Official list price from Moonshot AI, as recorded by models.dev
What it actually costs
| Workload | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Short chat reply | 500 in / 300 out | 0.167¢ |
| RAG query | 4,000 in / 500 out | 0.58¢ |
| Long document summary | 50,000 in / 1,000 out | $0.0515 |
| Code review of a 2k-line file | 30,000 in / 2,000 out | $0.0365 |
| 1,000 chat replies/day for 30 days | 30,000 × (500 in / 300 out) | $50.25 |
Cost = (input tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $0.95) + (output tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $4.00).
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Value | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI) | 151.6 | epoch | 2026-04-20 |
| Epoch Mock AIME accuracy | 96.1% | epoch | 2026-04-20 |
| Epoch FrontierMath (T1–3) accuracy | 57.2% | epoch | 2026-04-20 |
| Arena text rating | 1461 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
| Arena coding rating (human preference votes, not task accuracy) | 1516 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
| Arena math rating | 1479 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
| Arena WebDev rating | 1509 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
LiveBench
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| LiveBench metric | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Global Average | 70.5 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 79.4 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Coding | 78.6 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Agentic Coding | 46.9 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Mathematics | 84.3 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.1 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Language | 75.1 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 64.4 | 2026-06-25 |
LiveBench leaderboard (livebench.ai, github.com/LiveBench/new-livebench), CC BY-SA 4.0 — livebench.ai · github.com/LiveBench/new-livebench · CC BY-SA 4.0
Similar ECI, lower price
| Model | ECI | Blended $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| GLM-5.3-Flash | 153.6 | $0.1942 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 146.9 | $0.525 |
| MiniMax-M3 | 147.6 | $0.525 |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | 147.8 | $0.70 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | 155.9 | $0.99 |
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|---|---|---|
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| Kimi K2.8 Preview | 2026-09-11 | — |
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| Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed | 2026-06-12 | — |
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| Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | 2025-11-06 | — |
| Kimi K2 Thinking | 2025-11-06 | — |
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Prices: Moonshot AI's official list price as recorded by models.dev; benchmarks: see sources below; last synced 2026-11-06.
FAQ
Who develops Kimi K2.6?
Kimi K2.6 is developed by Moonshot AI, released 2026-04-20.
How much does Kimi K2.6 cost per million tokens?
Kimi K2.6 costs $0.95 per 1M input tokens and $4.00 per 1M output tokens ($1.7125 blended), per Moonshot AI's official list price as recorded by models.dev.
What is the Kimi K2.6 API price?
The Kimi K2.6 API price is $0.95 per 1M input tokens and $4.00 per 1M output tokens ($1.7125 per 1M blended).
How much does Kimi K2.6 cost for a typical request?
A short chat reply (500 in / 300 out tokens) costs about 0.167¢ on Kimi K2.6, at $0.95/1M input and $4.00/1M output.
Is Kimi K2.6 free?
Kimi K2.6's official API list price is $0.95 per 1M input tokens and $4.00 per 1M output tokens. This site tracks list prices only, not free tiers or trial credits — check Moonshot AI's site for those.
How does Kimi K2.6 rank on benchmarks?
Kimi K2.6 scores 151.6 on the Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI), ranking #51 of 107 models we track with a published ECI score.
Is there a cheaper model with a similar ECI to Kimi K2.6?
Yes — GLM-5.3-Flash scores a similar ECI (153.6) at $0.1942/1M blended, versus $1.7125/1M for Kimi K2.6.
Where does this data come from?
Pricing for Kimi K2.6 comes from models.dev and LiteLLM (open MIT-licensed catalogs); benchmark scores come from Epoch AI and LMArena (open CC BY 4.0 licenses); LiveBench scores (below) are CC BY-SA 4.0 — see /data-sources/. Last synced 2026-11-06.