Kimi K2.6

moonshotai/kimi-k2.6-20260420

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6, released by MoonshotAI on 2026-04-20, accepts text and image inputs and produces text output. It supports tool usage, reasoning capabilities, and provides open weights, with a context length of 262,144 tokens. Pricing is $0.684 per million input tokens and $3.42 per million output tokens.

  • tool use
  • structured outputs
  • reasoning

At a glance

providermoonshotai
releasedJan 1, 1970
context262K
input / M$0.95

Specifications

What the API gives you

Context window
262K tokens
Max output
236K tokens
Input price
$0.95 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.16 / 1M tokens
Modalities
text, image → text
Knowledge cutoff
Released
Jan 1, 1970

Measured evidence

Public benchmark record

Design Arena Coding
1309 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena Coding
1309 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena Coding
1308 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena Coding
1308 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena Coding
1308 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena Coding
1307 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena Coding
1306 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena Coding
1307 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena Coding
1304 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena Coding
1307 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena Coding
1306 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena Coding
1302 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena Coding
1306 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena Coding
1304 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena Coding
1306 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena Coding
1294 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena Coding
1305 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena Coding
1296 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena Coding
1304 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena Coding
1303 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena Coding
1299 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena Coding
1302 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena Coding
1293 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena Coding
1298 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena Coding
1293 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena Coding
1295 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena Coding
1294 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena Coding
1299 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena Coding
1299 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena Coding
1298 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena Coding
1299 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena Coding
1299 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena Coding
1299 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena Coding
1297 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena Coding
1297 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena Coding
1297 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena Coding
1297 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena Coding
1295 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena Coding
1293 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena Coding
1292 Elo2026-09-04
Design Arena UI
1300 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena UI
1300 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena UI
1300 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena UI
1300 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena UI
1299 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena UI
1300 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena UI
1300 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena UI
1300 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena UI
1298 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena UI
1300 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena UI
1300 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena UI
1298 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena UI
1300 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena UI
1300 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena UI
1299 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena UI
1298 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena UI
1296 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena UI
1299 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena UI
1296 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena UI
1300 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena UI
1301 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena UI
1296 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena UI
1293 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena UI
1296 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena UI
1296 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena UI
1296 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena UI
1295 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena UI
1295 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena UI
1295 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena UI
1293 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena UI
1295 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena UI
1295 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena UI
1295 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena UI
1293 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena UI
1293 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena UI
1292 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena UI
1292 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena UI
1292 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena UI
1290 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena UI
1289 Elo2026-09-04
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1268 Elo2026-09-04
Design Arena Website
1302 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena Website
1301 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena Website
1302 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena Website
1301 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena Website
1301 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena Website
1299 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena Website
1299 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena Website
1299 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena Website
1299 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena Website
1297 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena Website
1299 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena Website
1293 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena Website
1298 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena Website
1298 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena Website
1296 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena Website
1297 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena Website
1284 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena Website
1296 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena Website
1285 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena Website
1295 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena Website
1293 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena Website
1284 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena Website
1284 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena Website
1284 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena Website
1291 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena Website
1284 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena Website
1292 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena Website
1292 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena Website
1292 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena Website
1292 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena Website
1291 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena Website
1293 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena Website
1292 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena Website
1291 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena Website
1291 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena Website
1290 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena Website
1290 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena Website
1288 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena Website
1286 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena Website
1285 Elo2026-09-04
LiveBench Coding
78.6%2026-06-25
LiveBench Language
75.1%2026-06-25
LiveBench Math
84.3%2026-06-25
LiveBench Reasoning
79.4%2026-06-25
LMArena Agent
-2.12026-07-13
LMArena Agent
-2.32026-07-20
LMArena Agent
-12026-07-27
LMArena Agent
-2.62026-07-21
LMArena Agent
-1.12026-07-28
LMArena Agent
-0.82026-08-03
LMArena Agent
-0.52026-08-12
LMArena Agent
-0.52026-08-06
LMArena Agent
-0.62026-08-11
LMArena Agent
-0.62026-08-13
LMArena Agent
1.12026-08-24
LMArena Agent
0.72026-08-27
LMArena Agent
0.32026-08-31
LMArena Creative Writing
1430 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Creative Writing
1431 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Creative Writing
1431 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Creative Writing
1430 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Creative Writing
1430 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Creative Writing
1430 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Creative Writing
1431 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Creative Writing
1431 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Creative Writing
1431 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Creative Writing
1432 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Long Query
1466 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Long Query
1466 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Long Query
1466 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Long Query
1466 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Long Query
1466 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Long Query
1466 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Long Query
1466 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Long Query
1467 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Long Query
1466 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Long Query
1466 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Math
1475 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Math
1475 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Math
1475 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Math
1474 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Math
1474 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Math
1474 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Math
1473 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Math
1473 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Math
1473 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Math
1473 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Text
1455 Elo2026-07-16
LMArena Text
1461 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Text
1461 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Text
1461 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Text
1461 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Text
1461 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Text
1461 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Text
1460 Elo2026-08-10
LMArena Text
1461 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Text
1461 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Text
1461 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Text
1461 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Vision
1283 Elo2026-07-12
LMArena Vision
1265 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Vision
1264 Elo2026-07-26
LMArena Vision
1264 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Vision
1264 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Vision
1263 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Vision
1263 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Vision
1263 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena WebDev
1515 Elo2026-07-16
LMArena WebDev
1515 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena WebDev
1515 Elo2026-07-20
LMArena WebDev
1510 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena WebDev
1510 Elo2026-07-24
LMArena WebDev
1510 Elo2026-07-28
LMArena WebDev
1510 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena WebDev
1510 Elo2026-08-01
LMArena WebDev
1510 Elo2026-07-31
LMArena WebDev
1510 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena WebDev
1510 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena WebDev
1509 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena WebDev
1509 Elo2026-08-10
LMArena WebDev
1509 Elo2026-08-14
LMArena WebDev
1509 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena WebDev
1509 Elo2026-08-30
LMArena WebDev
1509 Elo2026-09-01
OSWorld Verified
4.6%2026-06-24enabled effort
SWE-rebench
46.5% ± 1.32026-05-15tools

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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 Competition MathEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Business WritingEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Marketing CopyEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Chat & RoleplayEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Creative WritingEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Frontend & UIEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for WritingEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Math & ReasoningEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 90% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Code CompletionEstablished evidence

    81% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for CodingEstablished evidence

    74% of intended weighted task evidence across 4 independent sources. 8 of 8 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 70% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources. 6 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 67% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 65% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Local LLM for CodingEstablished evidence

    64% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Fast SummariesEstablished evidence

    64% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Value LLMEstablished evidence

    64% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Agentic CodingEstablished evidence

    64% of intended weighted task evidence across 4 independent sources. 8 of 8 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 60% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for SummarizationEstablished evidence

    60% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 55% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from WMT translation. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 55% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from WMT translation. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for TranslationProvisional evidence

    55% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from WMT translation. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Autonomous AgentsProvisional evidence

    54% of intended weighted task evidence across 4 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Frontier-Bench or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for AI AgentsProvisional evidence

    52% of intended weighted task evidence across 4 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Cheap LLM for High VolumeProvisional evidence

    50% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Cheapest Capable LLMProvisional evidence

    50% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Massive ContextProvisional evidence

    50% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LongBench v2. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OCR & DocumentsProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Structured-output eval or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 45% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Structured-output eval or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Charts & DiagramsProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Structured-output eval or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Document ParsingProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Structured-output eval or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Hermes AgentProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OpenHandsProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for GooseProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OpenClawProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 39% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Structured-output eval. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 39% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Structured-output eval. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 35% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LMArena Search. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 31% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Route reliability or Structured-output eval. 2 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Search. 4 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.

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