Kimi K2.5
Summary
Kimi K2.5 is an open-weight language model from Moonshot AI, released on 30 Jan 2026. It accepts text and images and generates text, with a 262K-token context window and up to 262K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.45 per million input tokens and $2.25 per million output tokens (SiliconFlow), across 8 providers we track.
Kimi multimodal agent model for visual understanding, coding, and planning
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | Moonshot AI |
|---|---|
| Release date | 30 Jan 2026 [models.dev] |
| Status | Generally available [models.dev] |
| Weights | Open weights [Hugging Face] |
| License | modified-mit [Hugging Face] |
| Parameters | 1T [Hugging Face] |
| Context window | 262K (262,000 tokens) [models.dev] |
| Max output | 262K tokens [models.dev] |
| Knowledge cutoff | Dec 2025 [models.dev] |
| Input | Text and images [models.dev] |
| Output | Text [models.dev] |
| Reasoning mode | Yes [models.dev] |
| Tool calling | Yes [models.dev] |
| Structured output | Yes [models.dev] |
| Hugging Face | moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5 [Hugging Face] |
Kimi K2.5 API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SiliconFlow moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5 | $0.45 | $2.25 | $0.07 | 262K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| OpenRouter moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 | $0.45 | $2.25 | $0.07 | 262K | OpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Amazon Bedrock moonshotai.kimi-k2.5 | $0.60 | $3 | – | 262K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Azure AI Foundry kimi-k2.5 | $0.60 | $3 | – | 262K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Hugging Face Inference Providers moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5 | $0.60 | $3 | $0.10 | 262K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Novita AI moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 | $0.60 | $3 | $0.10 | 262K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Baseten moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5 | $0.60 | $3 | $0.12 | 262K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Vercel AI Gateway moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 | $0.60 | $3 | – | 256K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Kimi K2.5?
Kimi K2.5 has a context window of 262,000 tokens (262K) and can generate up to 262,000 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.
How much does the Kimi K2.5 API cost?
Kimi K2.5 is listed from $0.45 per million input tokens and $2.25 per million output tokens (SiliconFlow). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
Is Kimi K2.5 open source?
Kimi K2.5 is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5 under the modified-mit license. Check the license terms before commercial use.
When was Kimi K2.5 released?
Moonshot AI released Kimi K2.5 on 30 Jan 2026, according to models.dev.
Which providers offer Kimi K2.5?
We track Kimi K2.5 on 8 providers: SiliconFlow, OpenRouter, Amazon Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry, Hugging Face Inference Providers, Novita AI, Baseten, Vercel AI Gateway.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.
Sources
- https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k2.5
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/baseten/models/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5.toml
- https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/siliconflow/models/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/amazon-bedrock/models/moonshotai.kimi-k2.5.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/azure/models/kimi-k2.5.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/huggingface/models/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/moonshotai/kimi-k2.5.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/moonshotai/kimi-k2.5.toml