MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

moonshotai · Released Jul 11, 2025
Intelligence #264 / 715
35.5 our score
Speed #288 / 321
41.1 tok/s
Input Price #461 / 717
$0.570 per 1M tokens
Output Price #471 / 717
$2.30 per 1M tokens
Context #358 / 717
131,072 tokens

Analysis Summary

MoonshotAI's Kimi K2 0711 is a text model built for practical language and tool-connected tasks. It provides a 131K context window, tool use, and function calling, giving it a workable foundation for technical automation and document processing. The available intelligence result is modest, so its strengths are more operational than frontier reasoning.

The model can serve code assistance, structured extraction, SEO production, and workflows that call external functions under clear instructions. It is less appropriate for difficult research, autonomous multi-step execution, or premium client-facing copy where subtle reasoning and tone control are essential. No vision or multimodal capability is supplied.

Pricing is reasonable for specialist use, but not low enough to erase the capability gap with stronger budget models. Use it as a secondary technical model when its tool interface and context capacity fit the workflow.

Assessed August 9, 2026

Editorial notes

Kimi K2 0711 offers a 131K context window, tool use, and function calling at moderate pricing. It is suitable for structured technical workflows, though its measured reasoning capability does not support flagship-level autonomous or editorial work.

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DFO Verdict

Kimi K2 0711 offers a 131K context window, tool use, and function calling at moderate pricing. It is suitable for structured technical workflows, though its measured reasoning capability does not support flagship-level autonomous or editorial work.

#264 of 715 overall Down 8 this week

How MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 compares

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 ranks #179 of 428 AI models we track for overall intelligence. Its 131K-token context window is larger than 50% of the models we list. At $0.57 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 36% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 63% of models #264
Speed: faster than 10% of models #288
Price: cheaper than 36% of models #461
Context: larger than 50% of models #358
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 $0.57 in $2.30 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol $2.00 in $10.00 out
SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 $2.00 in $6.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 131K

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence2.8Technical0Value6.8Content5.2
Performance profile

Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.

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Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.57 $0.000570
Output $2.30 $0.002300

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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

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About MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

Kimi K2 Instruct is a large-scale Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model developed by Moonshot AI, featuring 1 trillion total parameters with 32 billion active per forward pass. It is optimized for..

Frequently asked questions about MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

How much does MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 cost?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 costs $0.57 per million input tokens and $2.30 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K).

What can MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 do?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 supports tool use and function calling.

Who created MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 is developed by MoonshotAI and was released on July 11, 2025.

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