Kimi K2.5 — pricing & specs

Kimi K2.5 is a balanced model from Moonshot, at capability tier 5 of 8. Live $/M-token pricing and specs from the Mintok catalog.

$/M-token pricing

Open-weights model — no per-token list price. Size your self-host $/M-token →

Specifications

Vendor: Moonshot
Family: Kimi K
Capability tier: 5 / 8
Size class: BALANCED
Category: GENERAL
Parameters: 1,000B total · 9B active (MoE)
Modality: LLM
Licensing: Proprietary

Carbon footprint (modeled)

Energy

0.592

kWh / M-token

Emissions

284

gCO₂ / M-token

Modeled decode on a reference Cerebras Cerebras WSE-3 Turbo at 50% MBU, batch 32, global-avg grid. Compare all models & grids →

Alternatives at tier 5

Same capability tier, sorted by output price — the cheaper-capable options.

GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI$1.20/M out
Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba$1.28/M out
Mistral Large 3Mistral$1.50/M out
Grok 4.3xAI$2.50/M out
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle$3/M out
Kimi K2.6Moonshot$4/M out

FAQ

How much does Kimi K2.5 cost per token?

Kimi K2.5 is distributed as open weights — there is no per-token list price; you self-host it. Use the Mintok sizing report to estimate your $/M-token at your volume.

What capability tier is Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 sits at capability tier 5 of 8 on the Mintok scale (BALANCED size class).

Is Kimi K2.5 open-source or proprietary?

Kimi K2.5 is a proprietary model from Moonshot, accessed via API.

Put Kimi K2.5 to work

Benchmark it on your prompts, or size a deployment and compare $/M-token against alternatives.

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Pricing and specs are maintained by Mintok's catalog watchers from public sources. Not investment advice. Methodology.