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
- $0.97 per 1M tokens
- Output
- $4.02 per 1M tokens
- Cached input
- $0.16 per 1M tokens
- Blended
- $1.73 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 $1.73 per million tokens blended. A workload of one million input and 330,000 output tokens per day would run about $68.90 per month at list price, before caching or batch discounts.
B Capabilities
| Input modalities | text, image, video |
|---|---|
| Output modalities | text |
C Others from Chinese AI labs
| Model | Context | Max out | In $/M | Out $/M | Blended | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kimi K3
kimi-k3
|
1M | — | $2.98 | $14.90 | $5.96 | 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 |
How this model is billed. Model id `kimi-k2.6`, vision+text input, 262,144-token context. Published in CNY only: input cache-miss ¥6.50 / 1M tokens, input cache-hit ¥1.10 / 1M tokens, output ¥27.00 / 1M tokens. Converted at 1 USD = 6.7109 CNY (ECB via frankfurter.dev, 2026-09-04): input $0.97/M, cache-hit input $0.16/M, output $4.02/M.
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.com · checked 2026-09-06 · Chinese AI labs pricing · API docs