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Kimi K2.6 Thinking

Kimi K2.6 Thinking is the reasoning-optimized K2.6 variant for deeper multi-step planning and execution. It is tuned for long-horizon coding and design workflows, including complex orchestration across many specialized sub-agents and autonomous end-to-end output generation.

  • Reasoning
  • Vision
  • Tool Calling
  • Parallel Tool Calls

Added Apr 16, 2026

Model weights

Pricing

Auto routing · per 1M tokens
Input
$0.389
Output
$1.64
Cache read
$0.0656
Compare provider prices

Specifications

Context window
262.1K
Max output
65.5K
Parameters
1T / 32B
Total / active
Avg output (7d)
3.6K tokens
Longer than 98% of models

Benchmarks

Sourced from LMArena.

Arena Score

1460.9

Overall Rank

#60 / 419

Votes

39,930

Confidence Interval

1456.5 - 1465.4

Category Scores

Coding

#45 / 414

11,069 votes

1516.3

Math

#39 / 404

2,065 votes

1479.4

Longer Query

#51 / 397

16,919 votes

1477.8

Creative Writing

#71 / 417

6,283 votes

1431.2

Instruction Following

#58 / 419

13,157 votes

1455.6

Hard Prompts

#58 / 419

26,008 votes

1485.7

Additional Categories
22

Expert

#40 / 369

3,852 votes

1502.7

Chinese

#42 / 395

2,310 votes

1515.4

Industry Mathematical

#46 / 402

2,194 votes

1484.2

Industry Software And It Services

#48 / 419

16,008 votes

1503.3

Japanese

#52 / 288

497 votes

1439.9

Korean

#54 / 290

733 votes

1424.7

Spanish

#55 / 302

1,372 votes

1459.8

Non English

#59 / 419

21,810 votes

1448.6

German

#60 / 320

742 votes

1461.5

Hard Prompts English

#60 / 417

12,440 votes

1488.5

Exclude Ties

#61 / 419

29,558 votes

1464.8

English

#63 / 419

18,120 votes

1469.3

Industry Business And Management And Financial Operations

#67 / 412

7,911 votes

1455.2

Industry Life And Physical And Social Science

#68 / 417

6,700 votes

1477.7

French

#70 / 301

1,577 votes

1477.5

Industry Legal And Government

#71 / 392

3,021 votes

1463.8

Industry Entertainment And Sports And Media

#72 / 417

8,276 votes

1429.0

Industry Medicine And Healthcare

#72 / 390

2,927 votes

1473.2

Industry Writing And Literature And Language

#72 / 418

9,558 votes

1440.1

Russian

#72 / 383

4,243 votes

1452.8

Multi Turn

#76 / 417

6,937 votes

1461.4

Polish

#93 / 244

758 votes

1442.5

Published 2026-11-06 · Matched as Kimi K2.6

LMArena Dataset

Providers

Choose or restrict providers with the API. Provider-selection prices include the selection markup. Provider selection guide · Pricing API (JSON, USD per 1K tokens)

Auto
Auto (ZDR)
$0.57$2.40$0.114N/AN/A
Auto
Auto (Anonymized)
$0.389$1.64$0.0656N/AN/A
Baidu
Baidu
59% off
FP4
CN
$0.998$0.409$4.20$1.72$0.168$0.06891.2s53 tps
Chutes
Chutes
INT4
US
$0.41$1.89$0.0411.8s36 tps
Moonshot
Moonshot
SG
$0.546$2.72N/A3.1s29 tps
StreamLake
StreamLake
37% off
FP8
CN
$0.998$0.628$4.20$2.65$0.168$0.1061.2s41.5 tps
CoreWeave
CoreWeave
FP4
US
$0.682$3.58$0.1570.3s132 tps
Crusoe
Crusoe
BF16
US
$0.735$3.68$0.3670.3s68 tps
Parasail
Parasail
INT4
US
$0.787$3.68$0.1680.6s75 tps
Inceptron
Inceptron
INT4
EU
$0.839$3.94$0.220.3s88 tps
Novita
Novita
US
$0.84$3.57$0.1688.7s17.5 tps
Kitani
Kitani
GLB
$0.998$4.20$0.168N/AN/A
Ollama
Ollama
UNK
$0.998$4.20$0.168N/AN/A
Sail Research (ASAP)
Sail Research (ASAP)
FP8
GLB
$1.05$4.20$0.21N/AN/A
Privacy:ZDR, prompts not retainedNo training on promptsRetention and training unclearBest latency and throughput are highlighted.
Batch API
ProviderInputOutputCached input
Auto
Automoonshotai/kimi-k2.6:thinking
$0.389/M$1.64/M$0.0656/M

Batch rows for this model use normal routing and cost the same as standard API requests. Set provider in a row to choose a provider.

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