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Kimi K2.6

GA

Moonshot's flagship/most intelligent model. Native multimodal (text, image, video input), supports thinking and non-thinking modes. Cache-miss input $0.95/M, cache-hit input $0.16/M, output $4.00/M (official pricing page, fetched 2026-06-28). Designated replacement for all deprecated kimi-k2 series and retired kimi-latest/kimi-thinking-preview models. Release date 2026-04-20 from secondary sources (Yicai Global, kimi-k2.org, miraflow) - official page does not list release date or knowledge cutoff. Max output tokens not published.

Provider
Moonshot
Status
GA
Input price
$0.95 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4 / 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.16 / 1M tokens
Blended price
$1.71 / 1M tokens
Context window
262,144 tokens (262K)
Max output
—
Modality
text, image, video
Knowledge cutoff
—
Released
20 Apr 2026
API string
kimi-k2.6

Source: Moonshot official documentation ↗

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