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Kimi K2.6

Cheapest multimodal option in the Kimi line — pick it over K2.7 Code when you need image/video input and over K3 when 256k context is enough.

Data checked 2026-09-06

Chinese AI labs ga open weights kimi-k2.6

Context window
262.1K tokens in
Max output
—
Input
$0.95 per 1M tokens
Output
$4.00 per 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.16 per 1M tokens
Blended
$1.71 3:1 in:out
Released
2026-02
Parameters
1T total / 32B active MoE + 400M MoonViT vision encoder
Licence
Modified MIT

A What it is for

At a three-to-one input-to-output ratio, Kimi K2.6 costs $1.71 per million tokens blended. A workload of one million input and 330,000 output tokens per day would run about $68.10 per month at list price, before caching or batch discounts.

B Capabilities

vision thinking and non-thinking modes agentic tasks function calling
Input modalitiestext, image, video
Output modalitiestext

C Others from Chinese AI labs

Model Context Max out In $/M Out $/M Blended Status
Kimi K3 kimi-k3 1M — $3.00 $15.00 $6.00 ga open
Kimi K2.7 Code kimi-k2.7-code 262.1K — $0.95 $4.00 $1.71 ga open
Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed kimi-k2.7-code-highspeed 262.1K — $1.90 $8.00 $3.42 ga open
GLM-5.3 glm-5.3 1M 131.1K $1.40 $4.40 $2.15 ga open
GLM-5.3-Flash glm-5.3-flash 1M 131.1K $0.07 $0.25 $0.12 ga open
GLM-5.2 glm-5.2 1M 131.1K $1.40 $4.40 $2.15 ga open
GLM-5 glm-5 200K 131.1K $1.00 $3.20 $1.55 ga open
GLM-4.7 glm-4.7 200K 131.1K $0.60 $2.20 $1.00 ga open
GLM-4.7-FlashX glm-4.7-flashx 200K 131.1K $0.07 $0.40 $0.15 ga
GLM-4.7-Flash glm-4.7-flash 200K 131.1K $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 ga
GLM-4.6V glm-4.6v 128K — $0.30 $0.90 $0.45 ga
GLM-4.5-Air glm-4.5-air — — $0.20 $1.10 $0.43 ga open

D Verify before you commit

Model pricing changes without notice and this page is a snapshot. Confirm against the vendor's own page before you build a budget on it.

Source: platform.kimi.ai · checked 2026-09-06 · Chinese AI labs pricing · API docs