Kimi K2.6 — pricing & specs
Kimi K2.6 is a balanced model from Moonshot, at capability tier 5 of 8. Live $/M-token pricing and specs from the Mintok catalog, as of 2026-09-30.
$/M-token pricing
as of 2026-09-30 · MoonshotWhat Kimi K2.6 costs in practice
At $4/M output tokens, Kimi K2.6 is the 6th-cheapest of 14 priced tier-5 models in the Mintok catalog — about 20% below the tier median of $5/M.
| Scenario | Est. cost |
|---|---|
| 1M input + 1M output tokens | $4.95 |
| A 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) | $0.016 |
| 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) | $3.90 |
| 1M-token RAG chat session (900K cached in / 100K out) | $0.544 |
Estimated from list price (as of 2026-09-30) at the token mixes shown; your real cost depends on prompt/response length and cache hit-rate. Model your own volume →
Specifications
- Vendor
- Moonshot
- Family
- Kimi K
- Capability tier
- 5 / 8
- Size class
- BALANCED
- Category
- GENERAL
- Parameters
- 1,000B total · 9B active (MoE)
- Context window
- 256,000 tokens
- Modality
- VLM
- Licensing
- Proprietary
Carbon footprint (modeled)
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
- Magistral MediumMistral$5/M out
FAQ
How much does Kimi K2.6 cost per token?
Kimi K2.6 costs $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens (cached input $0.16/M), via Moonshot, as of 2026-09-30.
Is Kimi K2.6 expensive?
At $4/M output tokens, Kimi K2.6 is the 6th-cheapest of 14 priced tier-5 models in the Mintok catalog — about 20% below the tier median of $5/M.
What does a typical request with Kimi K2.6 cost?
At list price, a 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) with Kimi K2.6 costs about $0.016, and 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) about $3.90.
What is Kimi K2.6's context window?
Kimi K2.6 supports a 256,000-token context window.
What capability tier is Kimi K2.6?
Kimi K2.6 sits at capability tier 5 of 8 on the Mintok scale (BALANCED size class).
Is Kimi K2.6 open-source or proprietary?
Kimi K2.6 is a proprietary model from Moonshot, accessed via API.
Put Kimi K2.6 to work
Benchmark it on your prompts, or size a deployment and compare $/M-token against alternatives.
Pricing and specs are maintained by Mintok's catalog watchers from public sources. Not investment advice. Methodology.