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MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot AI's next-generation multimodal model, designed for long-horizon coding, coding-driven UI/UX generation, and multi-agent orchestration. $0.53 per million input tokens, $3.39 per million output tokens. 262,144 token context window, maximum output of 262,144 tokens. Higher uptime with 20 providers. Includes independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis.

Overview

Model specifications

Context
262,144 tokens
Maximum output
235,929 tokens
Architecture
text+image->text
Tokenizer
Other
Knowledge cutoff
Not provided
Moderated
No
OPENROUTER

Complete pricing

Synchronized OpenRouter rates. Token prices are shown per one million tokens.

Input
$0.53
/M tokens
Output
$3.39
/M tokens
Cache read
$0.17
/M tokens
API

Model configuration

Reasoning

Moderated
No
Default parameters
Yes
API

Quick start

Call this exact model ID through OpenRouter’s OpenAI-compatible API.

curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"moonshotai/kimi-k2.6","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'
Capabilities

InputOutput

Input
textimage
Output
text
Reasoning

Yes

API

Supported API parameters

frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoninglogit_biaslogprobsmax_tokensmin_pparallel_tool_callspresence_penaltyreasoningrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatseedstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_ktop_logprobstop_p
Available providers

20 providers

Live providers on OpenRouter

Provider availability, latency, throughput and routing can change continuously. Open the source page for current operational data.

OpenRouter

Inceptron

int4
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$0.530
Output
$3.39
Cache read
$0.170
Cache write
Not provided

Decart

fp4
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$0.537
Output
$2.26
Cache read
$0.090
Cache write
Not provided

Chutes

int4
Context
262K
Maximum output
66K
Input
$0.580
Output
$3.40
Cache read
$0.058
Cache write
Not provided

StreamLake

fp8
Context
256K
Maximum output
230K
Input
$0.598
Output
$2.52
Cache read
$0.101
Cache write
Not provided

CoreWeave

fp4
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$0.650
Output
$3.41
Cache read
$0.150
Cache write
Not provided

Crusoe

bf16
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$0.700
Output
$3.50
Cache read
$0.350
Cache write
Not provided

DeepInfra

fp4
Context
262K
Maximum output
16K
Input
$0.750
Output
$3.50
Cache read
$0.150
Cache write
Not provided

Venice

int4
Context
256K
Maximum output
66K
Input
$0.750
Output
$3.50
Cache read
$0.160
Cache write
Not provided

Parasail

int4
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$0.750
Output
$3.50
Cache read
$0.160
Cache write
Not provided

SiliconFlow

fp8
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$0.770
Output
$3.40
Cache read
$0.140
Cache write
Not provided

Novita

unknown
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$0.800
Output
$3.40
Cache read
$0.160
Cache write
Not provided

GMICloud

fp8
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$0.855
Output
$3.60
Cache read
$0.144
Cache write
Not provided

DigitalOcean

unknown
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$0.950
Output
$4.00
Cache read
$0.190
Cache write
Not provided

Baidu

fp4
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$0.950
Output
$4.00
Cache read
$0.160
Cache write
Not provided

Cloudflare

unknown
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$0.950
Output
$4.00
Cache read
$0.160
Cache write
Not provided

Moonshot AI

int4
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$0.950
Output
$4.00
Cache read
$0.160
Cache write
Not provided

AtlasCloud

int4
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$0.950
Output
$4.00
Cache read
$0.160
Cache write
Not provided

Phala

unknown
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$1.09
Output
$4.60
Cache read
$0.370
Cache write
Not provided

Fireworks

unknown
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$0.950
Output
$4.00
Cache read
$0.160
Cache write
Not provided

BaseTen

fp4
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$0.950
Output
$4.00
Cache read
$0.160
Cache write
Not provided
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