# Kimi K2.6

> Kimi K2.6 is an open-weight language model from Moonshot AI, released on 21 Apr 2026. It accepts text, images and video 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 $0.77 per million input tokens and $3.40 per million output tokens (SiliconFlow), across 10 providers we track.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/kimi-k2-6
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Moonshot AI
- **Release date:** 21 Apr 2026 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/moonshotai/models/kimi-k2.6.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/moonshotai/models/kimi-k2.6.toml)
- **Weights:** Open weights (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6)
- **License:** modified-mit (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6)
- **Parameters:** 1T (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6)
- **Context window:** 262K (262,144 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/moonshotai/models/kimi-k2.6.toml)
- **Max output:** 262K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/moonshotai/models/kimi-k2.6.toml)
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Jan 2025 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/moonshotai/models/kimi-k2.6.toml)
- **Input:** Text, images and video (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/moonshotai/models/kimi-k2.6.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/moonshotai/models/kimi-k2.6.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/moonshotai/models/kimi-k2.6.toml)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/moonshotai/models/kimi-k2.6.toml)
- **Structured output:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/moonshotai/models/kimi-k2.6.toml)
- **Hugging Face:** moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra | $0.75 | $3.50 | $0.15 | 262K |
| SiliconFlow | $0.77 | $3.40 | $0.14 | 262K |
| Novita AI | $0.80 | $3.40 | $0.16 | 262K |
| Moonshot AI API | $0.95 | $4 | $0.16 | 262K |
| Azure AI Foundry | $0.95 | $4 | – | 262K |
| Cloudflare Workers AI | $0.95 | $4 | $0.16 | 262K |
| Hugging Face Inference Providers | $0.95 | $4 | $0.16 | 262K |
| Baseten | $0.95 | $4 | $0.16 | 262K |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.95 | $4 | $0.16 | 262K |
| OpenRouter | $0.95 | $4 | $0.16 | 262K |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K) and can generate up to 262,144 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### How much does the Kimi K2.6 API cost?

Through Moonshot AI API, Kimi K2.6 costs $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens. The lowest listed price is $0.77 input / $3.40 output through SiliconFlow. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

### Is Kimi K2.6 open source?

Kimi K2.6 is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 under the modified-mit license. Check the license terms before commercial use.

### When was Kimi K2.6 released?

Moonshot AI released Kimi K2.6 on 21 Apr 2026, according to models.dev.

### Which providers offer Kimi K2.6?

We track Kimi K2.6 on 10 providers: DeepInfra, SiliconFlow, Novita AI, Moonshot AI API, Azure AI Foundry, Cloudflare Workers AI, Hugging Face Inference Providers, Baseten, Vercel AI Gateway, OpenRouter.

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