MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5
Analysis Summary
Kimi K2.5 is MoonshotAI's latest release, combining a solid coding index with a high agentic score and vision capability across a 262K token context window. Instruction following and long-context reasoning scores are also strong, making it a well-rounded performer for multi-step technical work.
For businesses, this profile suits autonomous coding agents, tool-driven workflows, and multimodal document review where both accuracy and tool reliability matter. Raw general intelligence trails the very top frontier models, so highly complex open-ended reasoning tasks may still benefit from a stronger flagship.
Pricing remains moderate relative to its capability, making it a cost-effective choice for coding and agentic automation at scale.
Assessed July 25, 2026
Editorial notes
Kimi K2.5 from MoonshotAI pairs strong coding and agentic benchmarks with vision support and a 262K context window at competitive pricing.
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DFO Verdict
Kimi K2.5 from MoonshotAI pairs strong coding and agentic benchmarks with vision support and a 262K context window at competitive pricing.
Benchmark scores
Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.
35.4 Intelligence Index·46.8 Coding Index·65.4 Agentic Index
How MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 compares
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 ranks #59 of 395 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #44 of 160 for coding, #30 of 302 for agentic tasks. Its 262K-token context window is larger than 76% of the models we list. At $0.57 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 35% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on content. The pulled-in intelligence corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.57 | $0.000570 |
| Output | $2.85 | $0.002850 |
What would MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 cost your business?
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Talk to our teamAbout MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5
Kimi K2.5 is Moonshot AI's native multimodal model, delivering state-of-the-art visual coding capability and a self-directed agent swarm paradigm. Built on Kimi K2 with continued pretraining over approximately 15T mixed..
Frequently asked questions about MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5
How much does MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 cost?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 costs $0.57 per million input tokens and $2.85 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K).
Is MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 ranks #44 of 160 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 do?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 is developed by MoonshotAI and was released on January 27, 2026.
