Moonshot AI

Kimi K2.6

Tool callingStructured outputReasoningImage inputVideo input
Kimi K2.6 model card cover

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

Context
262K
Released
5mo ago
Parameters
1T
Input / 1M tokens
$0.65
Output / 1M tokens
$3.41
Cached input / 1M tokens
$0.15

Sources:models.devOpenRouter

Benchmarks

DeepSWE is the primary coding benchmark where an exact model evaluation exists. Other sourced evaluations appear below; missing scores are not zero.

Not evaluated in DeepSWE 1.1 as of 2026-09-22. Results are only shown for exact model versions in the official dataset. Official leaderboard.

Other published benchmarks

EvaluationReported score and source
FrontierMath-2025-02-28-Private
39.0%
Epoch AI · kimi-k2.6
Epoch AI evaluation
FrontierMath-Tier-4-2025-07-01-Private
14.6%
Epoch AI · kimi-k2.6
Epoch AI evaluation
FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private
25.6%
Epoch AI · kimi-k2.6
Epoch AI evaluation
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
57.2%
Epoch AI · kimi-k2.6
Epoch AI evaluation
GPQA diamond
90.8%
Epoch AI · kimi-k2.6
Epoch AI evaluation
OSWorld 2.0
4.6%
https://osworld-v2.xlang.ai/ · kimi-k2.6
https://osworld-v2.xlang.ai/
Original-source terms apply
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
96.1%
Epoch AI · kimi-k2.6
Epoch AI evaluation
SimpleQA Verified
34.9%
Epoch AI · kimi-k2.6
Epoch AI evaluation
SWE-Bench verified
76.7%
Epoch AI · kimi-k2.6
Epoch AI evaluation

Benchmark compilation: Epoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (CC BY attribution). Scores are converted to percentages and model names matched to the Vertical Tabs catalog. Individual evaluations are credited to their original sources. External results may carry separate licences and evaluation configurations; do not interpret scores from different harnesses as directly comparable.

Specifications

Developer
Moonshot AI
Model family
Kimi
Type
Language model
Predecessor
—
Successor
—
Released
April 21, 2026
Model ID
moonshotai/kimi-k2.6
Openness
Open weights
License
—
Parameters
1T
Architecture
kimi-k2
Families
kimi-k2
Input modalities
text, image
Output modalities
text
Modality
text+image->text
Native context
262K
Tokenizer
Other
Max output tokens
236K
Knowledge cutoff
2025-01
Source freshness
Metadata synced Oct 8, 2026, 10:17 PM UTC

Open-weight builds

Ollama variants

Every published Ollama tag matched to this model, including parameter editions, instruction/base variants, and quantized builds.

1 builds
VariantParametersTypeQuantizationSizeContextInput
kimi-k2.6:cloud1Tcloud——256Ktext + image
Additional source evidence
Source model
moonshotai/kimi-k2.6
Source family
kimi-k2
Last updated
2026-04-21
Knowledge cutoff
2025-01
Model context
262K
Model output limit
262K
Open weights
Yes
File attachments
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes
Temperature control
Yes

Downloadable weights

Published benchmarks

BenchmarkScoreEvaluation detailsEvidence
SWE-Bench Verified80.2 · resolved—Source
Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index50.5 · average pass@1Claude CodeSource
SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA59.8 · pass@1Claude CodeSource
SWE-Bench Pro27.3 · pass@1Claude Code · hard-aaSource
Terminal-Bench64.3 · pass@1Claude Code · 2.1Source
Complete source record (JSON)
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  "description": "Multimodal Kimi workhorse for agent loops, coding tasks, and visual context",
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  "last_updated": "2026-04-21",
  "knowledge": "2025-01",
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  "reasoning": true,
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  "structured_output": true,
  "temperature": true,
  "modalities": {
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      "text",
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    ],
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  },
  "benchmarks": [
    {
      "name": "SWE-Bench Verified",
      "score": 80.2,
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    },
    {
      "name": "Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index",
      "score": 50.5,
      "source": "https://artificialanalysis.ai/agents/coding-agents",
      "metric": "average pass@1",
      "harness": "Claude Code"
    },
    {
      "name": "SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA",
      "score": 59.8,
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    {
      "name": "SWE-Bench Pro",
      "score": 27.3,
      "source": "https://artificialanalysis.ai/agents/coding-agents",
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      "dataset": "hard-aa"
    },
    {
      "name": "Terminal-Bench",
      "score": 64.3,
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      "version": "2.1"
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    }
  ]
}

Infrastructure

Provider availability

All providers
ProviderEndpointContextInput /M tokensOutput /M tokensCached input /M tokensCache write /M tokensUptime 1dData handling
Baidubaidu/fp4262K$0.44$1.84$0.07—100.00%
ZDR: No

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

Inceptroninceptron/int4262K$0.44$3.20$0.13—99.58%
ZDR: Yes

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

Chuteschutes/int4262K$0.45$1.95$0.05—99.66%
ZDR: No

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

DigitalOceandigitalocean262K$0.57$2.40$0.11—100.00%
ZDR: Yes

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

StreamLakestreamlake/fp8256K$0.60$2.52$0.10—91.67%
ZDR: No

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

CoreWeavecoreweave/fp4262K$0.65$3.41$0.15—100.00%
ZDR: Yes

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

Crusoecrusoe/bf16262K$0.70$3.50$0.35—99.35%
ZDR: Yes

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

DeepInfradeepinfra/fp4262K$0.75$3.50$0.15—98.34%
ZDR: Yes

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

Parasailparasail/int4262K$0.75$3.50$0.16—100.00%
ZDR: Yes

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

Venicevenice/int4256K$0.75$3.50$0.16—94.25%
ZDR: Yes

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

SiliconFlowsiliconflow/fp8262K$0.77$3.40$0.14—99.83%
ZDR: Yes

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

Novitanovita262K$0.80$3.40$0.16—98.80%
ZDR: Yes

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

GMICloudgmicloud/fp8262K$0.86$3.60$0.14——
ZDR: No

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

AtlasCloudatlas-cloud/int4262K$0.95$4.00$0.16—98.36%
ZDR: No

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

Cloudflarecloudflare262K$0.95$4.00$0.16—99.85%
ZDR: No

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

Moonshot AImoonshotai/int4262K$0.95$4.00$0.16—100.00%
ZDR: Yes

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

Phalaphala262K$1.09$4.60$0.37—95.91%
ZDR: Yes

Training: Unknown

Prompt logging: Unknown

Retention: Unknown

Checked 2026-10-15

Provider data:OpenRouter

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