Kimi K2 0905
moonshotai/kimi-k2-0905
MoonshotAI's Kimi K2 0905 is a text-to-text model. It supports a context length of 262,144 tokens and integrates with external tools.
- tool use
- structured outputs
- open-weight
At a glance
Specifications
What the API gives you
- Context window
- 262K tokens
- Max output
- 100K tokens
- Input price
- $0.60 / 1M tokens
- Output price
- $2.50 / 1M tokens
- Cache read
- —
- Modalities
- text → text
- Knowledge cutoff
- Dec 31, 2024
- Released
- Sep 4, 2025
Measured evidence
Public benchmark record
- Design Arena Coding
- 1128 Elo2026-07-28
- Design Arena Coding
- 1128 Elo2026-07-27
- Design Arena Coding
- 1128 Elo2026-07-30
- Design Arena Coding
- 1128 Elo2026-07-29
- Design Arena Coding
- 1128 Elo2026-07-31
- Design Arena Coding
- 1127 Elo2026-08-02
- Design Arena Coding
- 1127 Elo2026-08-05
- Design Arena Coding
- 1127 Elo2026-08-01
- Design Arena Coding
- 1126 Elo2026-08-09
- Design Arena Coding
- 1127 Elo2026-08-03
- Design Arena Coding
- 1127 Elo2026-08-04
- Design Arena Coding
- 1123 Elo2026-08-14
- Design Arena Coding
- 1127 Elo2026-08-06
- Design Arena Coding
- 1126 Elo2026-08-10
- Design Arena Coding
- 1127 Elo2026-08-07
- Design Arena Coding
- 1117 Elo2026-08-18
- Design Arena Coding
- 1126 Elo2026-08-08
- Design Arena Coding
- 1117 Elo2026-08-15
- Design Arena Coding
- 1126 Elo2026-08-11
- Design Arena Coding
- 1125 Elo2026-08-12
- Design Arena Coding
- 1123 Elo2026-08-13
- Design Arena Coding
- 1116 Elo2026-08-19
- Design Arena Coding
- 1122 Elo2026-08-27
- Design Arena Coding
- 1116 Elo2026-08-20
- Design Arena Coding
- 1117 Elo2026-08-16
- Design Arena Coding
- 1117 Elo2026-08-17
- Design Arena Coding
- 1122 Elo2026-08-21
- Design Arena Coding
- 1123 Elo2026-08-22
- Design Arena Coding
- 1123 Elo2026-08-23
- Design Arena Coding
- 1122 Elo2026-08-28
- Design Arena Coding
- 1123 Elo2026-08-24
- Design Arena Coding
- 1123 Elo2026-08-25
- Design Arena Coding
- 1123 Elo2026-08-26
- Design Arena Coding
- 1122 Elo2026-08-29
- Design Arena Coding
- 1122 Elo2026-08-30
- Design Arena Coding
- 1122 Elo2026-08-31
- Design Arena Coding
- 1122 Elo2026-09-01
- Design Arena Coding
- 1120 Elo2026-09-02
- Design Arena Coding
- 1118 Elo2026-09-03
- Design Arena Coding
- 1117 Elo2026-09-04
- Design Arena Website
- 1113 Elo2026-07-28
- Design Arena Website
- 1113 Elo2026-07-30
- Design Arena Website
- 1113 Elo2026-07-27
- Design Arena Website
- 1114 Elo2026-07-29
- Design Arena Website
- 1113 Elo2026-07-31
- Design Arena Website
- 1112 Elo2026-08-02
- Design Arena Website
- 1112 Elo2026-08-01
- Design Arena Website
- 1112 Elo2026-08-05
- Design Arena Website
- 1113 Elo2026-08-03
- Design Arena Website
- 1111 Elo2026-08-09
- Design Arena Website
- 1112 Elo2026-08-04
- Design Arena Website
- 1108 Elo2026-08-14
- Design Arena Website
- 1112 Elo2026-08-06
- Design Arena Website
- 1112 Elo2026-08-07
- Design Arena Website
- 1111 Elo2026-08-10
- Design Arena Website
- 1111 Elo2026-08-08
- Design Arena Website
- 1100 Elo2026-08-18
- Design Arena Website
- 1111 Elo2026-08-11
- Design Arena Website
- 1100 Elo2026-08-15
- Design Arena Website
- 1111 Elo2026-08-12
- Design Arena Website
- 1109 Elo2026-08-13
- Design Arena Website
- 1100 Elo2026-08-19
- Design Arena Website
- 1099 Elo2026-08-16
- Design Arena Website
- 1100 Elo2026-08-20
- Design Arena Website
- 1108 Elo2026-08-27
- Design Arena Website
- 1100 Elo2026-08-17
- Design Arena Website
- 1108 Elo2026-08-21
- Design Arena Website
- 1109 Elo2026-08-22
- Design Arena Website
- 1109 Elo2026-08-23
- Design Arena Website
- 1109 Elo2026-08-24
- Design Arena Website
- 1108 Elo2026-08-28
- Design Arena Website
- 1109 Elo2026-08-25
- Design Arena Website
- 1109 Elo2026-08-26
- Design Arena Website
- 1108 Elo2026-08-29
- Design Arena Website
- 1108 Elo2026-08-30
- Design Arena Website
- 1108 Elo2026-08-31
- Design Arena Website
- 1108 Elo2026-09-01
- Design Arena Website
- 1107 Elo2026-09-02
- Design Arena Website
- 1105 Elo2026-09-03
- Design Arena Website
- 1104 Elo2026-09-04
- LMArena Creative Writing
- 1350 Elo2026-07-21
- LMArena Creative Writing
- 1350 Elo2026-07-27
- LMArena Creative Writing
- 1350 Elo2026-07-30
- LMArena Creative Writing
- 1350 Elo2026-08-02
- LMArena Creative Writing
- 1350 Elo2026-08-03
- LMArena Creative Writing
- 1349 Elo2026-08-06
- LMArena Creative Writing
- 1348 Elo2026-08-12
- LMArena Creative Writing
- 1348 Elo2026-08-21
- LMArena Creative Writing
- 1347 Elo2026-08-27
- LMArena Creative Writing
- 1347 Elo2026-09-01
- LMArena Instruction Following
- 1348 Elo2026-07-21
- LMArena Instruction Following
- 1348 Elo2026-07-27
- LMArena Instruction Following
- 1348 Elo2026-07-30
- LMArena Instruction Following
- 1348 Elo2026-08-02
- LMArena Instruction Following
- 1348 Elo2026-08-03
- LMArena Instruction Following
- 1348 Elo2026-08-06
- LMArena Instruction Following
- 1348 Elo2026-08-12
- LMArena Instruction Following
- 1348 Elo2026-08-21
- LMArena Instruction Following
- 1346 Elo2026-08-27
- LMArena Instruction Following
- 1346 Elo2026-09-01
- LMArena Long Query
- 1351 Elo2026-07-21
- LMArena Long Query
- 1351 Elo2026-07-27
- LMArena Long Query
- 1351 Elo2026-07-30
- LMArena Long Query
- 1351 Elo2026-08-02
- LMArena Long Query
- 1351 Elo2026-08-06
- LMArena Long Query
- 1351 Elo2026-08-03
- LMArena Long Query
- 1352 Elo2026-08-12
- LMArena Long Query
- 1352 Elo2026-08-21
- LMArena Long Query
- 1351 Elo2026-08-27
- LMArena Long Query
- 1351 Elo2026-09-01
- LMArena Math
- 1397 Elo2026-07-21
- LMArena Math
- 1398 Elo2026-07-27
- LMArena Math
- 1398 Elo2026-07-30
- LMArena Math
- 1398 Elo2026-08-02
- LMArena Math
- 1398 Elo2026-08-03
- LMArena Math
- 1398 Elo2026-08-06
- LMArena Math
- 1398 Elo2026-08-12
- LMArena Math
- 1398 Elo2026-08-21
- LMArena Math
- 1396 Elo2026-08-27
- LMArena Math
- 1396 Elo2026-09-01
- LMArena Text
- 1418 Elo2026-07-21
- LMArena Text
- 1418 Elo2026-07-27
- LMArena Text
- 1418 Elo2026-07-30
- LMArena Text
- 1418 Elo2026-08-10
- LMArena Text
- 1418 Elo2026-08-02
- LMArena Text
- 1418 Elo2026-08-06
- LMArena Text
- 1418 Elo2026-08-03
- LMArena Text
- 1418 Elo2026-08-21
- LMArena Text
- 1418 Elo2026-08-12
- LMArena Text
- 1418 Elo2026-08-27
- LMArena Text
- 1418 Elo2026-09-01
- SWE-bench Verified
- 71.2%2025-10-14
- SWE-rebench‡
- 35.4% ± 0.72026-02-01tools
LMArena data licensed CC-BY-4.0. Aider (Apache-2.0) and SWE-bench (MIT) are open. Design Arena uses blind human preference. ‡ Submitted scaffold plus model result. Compare the harness and effort settings, not only the model name.
Open-weight model on Hugging Face.
Task evidence
How broad is the support?
Each status is exact to this model version and the selected task. Official release claims remain provisional.
- Best LLM for Business WritingProvisional evidence
70% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Marketing CopyProvisional evidence
70% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Chat & RoleplayProvisional evidence
70% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Roleplay & CharacterProvisional evidence
70% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Creative WritingProvisional evidence
60% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for WritingProvisional evidence
60% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for a General AssistantProvisional evidence
55% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Reasoning. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Debugging & Code ReviewProvisional evidence
50% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LiveBench Coding. 6 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Logic & Problem SolvingProvisional evidence
50% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Reasoning. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for CodingProvisional evidence
46% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LiveBench Coding. 8 of 8 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Competition MathProvisional evidence
40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Mathematics or LiveBench Reasoning. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Frontend & UIProvisional evidence
40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Design Arena UI or LiveBench Coding. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Math & ReasoningProvisional evidence
40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Mathematics or LiveBench Reasoning. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best Value LLMProvisional evidence
36% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best Open-Weight LLM for Self-HostingProvisional evidence
33% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Autonomous AgentsProvisional evidence
29% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Frontier-Bench or LiveBench Agentic Coding. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Fast SummariesProvisional evidence
29% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Literary TranslationProvisional evidence
25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best Cheap LLM for High VolumeProvisional evidence
25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Everyday TranslationProvisional evidence
25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Cheapest Capable LLMProvisional evidence
25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for TranslationProvisional evidence
25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Massive ContextProvisional evidence
25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LongBench v2. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Agentic CodingProvisional evidence
23% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Design Arena Full-stack or Design Arena Web-apps. 8 of 8 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Document SummarizationProvisional evidence
20% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LiveBench Instruction Following. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for SummarizationProvisional evidence
20% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LiveBench Instruction Following. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best Local LLM for CodingProvisional evidence
20% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LiveBench Coding. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for AI AgentsProvisional evidence
20% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LiveBench Agentic Coding. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Hermes AgentProvisional evidence
18% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Agent. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for OpenHandsProvisional evidence
18% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Agent. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for GooseProvisional evidence
18% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Agent. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for RAG & Long ContextProvisional evidence
18% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LMArena Document. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for OpenClawProvisional evidence
18% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Agent. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for JSON & Schema OutputProvisional evidence
17% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LiveBench Data Analysis. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Structured Data ExtractionProvisional evidence
17% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LiveBench Data Analysis. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for High-Volume ExtractionProvisional evidence
13% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Data Analysis or Route reliability. 2 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Code CompletionProvisional evidence
13% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LiveBench Coding. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Tool & Function CallingProvisional evidence
10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Agent. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Computer & Browser UseProvisional evidence
10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Agent. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for OCR & DocumentsProvisional evidence
10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LMArena Vision. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Image UnderstandingProvisional evidence
10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Reasoning or LMArena Vision. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Vision & DocumentsProvisional evidence
10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LMArena Vision. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Grounded RAGProvisional evidence
10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from CRAG or FACTS Grounding. 2 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Charts & DiagramsProvisional evidence
10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LMArena Vision. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Document ParsingProvisional evidence
10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LMArena Vision. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
Recommendation coverage
Where this model appears
Not currently included in a published recommendation. The task evidence panel above says exactly what is confirmed and what is still missing.
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