Kimi K2 Thinking
by Moonshot AI
· Kimi family · released Nov 6, 2025
Open weights
Active
Token-efficient thinking K2.
Pricing
Launch price (from Nov 6, 2025)
$0.600 in / $2.50 out per 1M tokens
Current price (since Nov 6, 2025)
$0.600 in / $2.50 out per 1M tokens
Cache read: $0.150/M
| Tier | Effective | In $/M | Out $/M | Cache $/M | Per image | Per second | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Nov 6, 2025 – now | $0.600 | $2.50 | $0.150 | - | - | - |
Specifications
| Model type | Text LLM |
|---|---|
| Architecture | MoE |
| Parameters | 1,000 (32 active) |
| Context window | 262.1K tokens |
| Max output | Not disclosed tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | Sep 1, 2025 |
| License | Modified MIT |
| Modalities | Text input Text output |
| Tags | Flagship Reasoning |
| End of life | Not disclosed |
| Last verified | Aug 20, 2026 |
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Score | Src |
|---|---|---|
| LMSYS Chatbot Arena Elo | 1,476 | - |