Kimi K2.5 vs Kimi K2.6: API price and specs
Kimi K2.6 is 13% cheaper than Kimi K2.5 on input price.
Kimi K2.5 is 33% cheaper than Kimi K2.6 on output price.
Kimi K2.5 is 8% cheaper than Kimi K2.6 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
| Field | Kimi K2.5 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.45 +15.4% | $0.39 |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.60 | $0.95 +58.3% |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $1.20 | $1.80 +50% |
| Median output, per 1M | $3.00 | $4.00 +33.3% |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.69 | $0.75 +8.7% |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 262K | 262K |
| Providers | 38 +20.8% | 48 |
| Regions | EU, GLOBAL, US | APAC, CH, EU, GLOBAL, US |
| Accepts | image, image/bmp, image/gif, image/heic, image/heif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, text, video, video/3gpp, video/avi, video/mov, video/mp4, video/mpeg, video/mpg, video/webm, video/wmv, video/x-flv | file, image, image/bmp, image/gif, image/heic, image/heif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, text, video, video/3gpp, video/avi, video/mov, video/mp4, video/mpeg, video/mpg, video/webm, video/wmv, video/x-flv |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | no | yes |
| Cheapest provider | deepinfra | chutes |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
Providers selling both
302ai, aihubmix, aiml, azure, azure-cognitive-services, baseten, cloudflare-workers-ai, cometapi, deepinfra, edenai, fastrouter, huggingface, io-net, iteracompute, jiekou, kilo, meganova, melious, moark, novita, ofox, opencode, openrouter, orcarouter, poe, requesty, siliconflow, siliconflow-cn, tensorx, trustedrouter, vercel, zenmux
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.5 or Kimi K2.6?
Kimi K2.6 is 13% cheaper than Kimi K2.5 on input price. Kimi K2.5 is 33% cheaper than Kimi K2.6 on output price. Kimi K2.5 is 8% cheaper than Kimi K2.6 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, Kimi K2.5 or Kimi K2.6?
Kimi K2.5: 262K tokens; Kimi K2.6: 262K tokens.
Where can I use both Kimi K2.5 and Kimi K2.6?
302ai, aihubmix, aiml, azure, azure-cognitive-services, baseten, cloudflare-workers-ai, cometapi, deepinfra, edenai, fastrouter, huggingface, io-net, iteracompute, jiekou, kilo, meganova, melious, moark, novita, ofox, opencode, openrouter, orcarouter, poe, requesty, siliconflow, siliconflow-cn, tensorx, trustedrouter, vercel, zenmux