Provider - 4 models
Moonshot AI API models
The registry lists 4 Moonshot AI models with first-party API prices, context windows and release dates. Kimi K2.6 has the lowest output price at $4 per 1M tokens ($0.95 input). The largest context window is 1,048,576 tokens, on Kimi K3. All of them publish open weights.
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- Models
- 4
- Lowest output / 1M
- $4
- Largest context
- 1.05M
- Open weights
- 4 of 4
Every Moonshot AI model
| Model | API model id | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Max output | Released | Open weights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K2.6 | kimi-k2.6 | $0.95 | $4 | 262K | - | - | Yes |
| Kimi K2.7 Code | kimi-k2.7-code | $0.95 | $4 | 262K | - | - | Yes |
| Kimi K2.7 Code HighSpeed | kimi-k2.7-code-highspeed | $1.90 | $8 | 262K | - | - | Yes |
| Kimi K3 | kimi-k3 | $3 | $15 | 1.05M | 1.05M | - | Yes |
Prices in USD per 1M tokens at the standard rate, newest release first. A dash means no primary page states that fact. Open a model for cache, batch and long-context rates.
Capabilities
| Model | Tool calling | Structured outputs | Image input | Audio input | Prompt caching | Batch API | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K2.6 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not stated | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kimi K2.7 Code | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not stated | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kimi K2.7 Code HighSpeed | Yes | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Yes | No | Yes |
| Kimi K3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not stated | Yes | No | Yes |
From each model's API docs; open a model for the source behind every answer. Not stated means the provider's docs do not say either way. It is not the same as No. Compare every provider.
Limits and benchmarks
Benchmarks
Moonshot AI models appear on 5 sourced leaderboards.
- AIME2 models
- DeepSWE, NL2Repo and ProgramBench1 model
- LMArena1 model
- OSWorld1 model
- tau-bench and tau2-bench1 model
Compare
Side-by-side pages with both models' prices, specs, cost examples and like-for-like benchmark rows.
- Kimi K2.6 vs Kimi K3Same provider, successor
- Claude Opus 5.5 vs Kimi K3Similar price, same tier
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Kimi K3Similar price, same tier
- DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Kimi K2.7 CodeSimilar price, same tier
- Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Kimi K2.7 CodeSimilar price, same tier
- Gemini 4 Argon vs Kimi K3Similar price, same tier
- GLM-5.3 vs Kimi K2.7 CodeSimilar price, same tier
- GPT-5.4 Mini vs Kimi K2.7 CodeSimilar price, same tier
- GPT-6.1 Sol vs Kimi K3Similar price, same tier
- Grok 4.7 vs Kimi K3Similar price, same tier
- Grok Build 0.1 vs Kimi K2.7 CodeSimilar price, same tier
- Kimi K2.7 Code vs Mistral Large 4Similar price, same tier
- Kimi K2.7 Code vs Mistral Medium 3.5Similar price, same tier
- Kimi K3 vs Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95BSimilar price, same tier
- Kimi K3 vs Qwen3.8-MaxSimilar price, same tier
FAQ
What is the cheapest Moonshot AI model?
By output price, Kimi K2.6 is the cheapest Moonshot AI model in the registry at $4 per 1M output tokens and $0.95 per 1M input tokens, per platform.kimi.ai on October 17, 2026. Kimi K2.7 Code is listed at the same price.
Which Moonshot AI model has the largest context window?
Kimi K3 has the largest context window of the 4 Moonshot AI models in the registry, at 1,048,576 tokens.
Which Moonshot AI models have open weights?
All 4 Moonshot AI models in the registry publish open weights: Kimi K2.6, Kimi K2.7 Code, Kimi K2.7 Code HighSpeed and Kimi K3.
Sources
Prices last verified from platform.kimi.ai.
Further primary sources (11)
- https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/guide/kimi-k2-6-quickstart
- https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/models.md
- https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/pricing/batch.md
- https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/platform-changelog.md
- https://www.kimi.ai/blog/kimi-k2-6
- https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6
- https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/guide/kimi-k2-7-code-quickstart
- https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.7-Code
- https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/guide/kimi-k3-quickstart
- https://www.kimi.ai/blog/kimi-k3
- https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K3
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