MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6
Analysis Summary
Kimi K2.6 is MoonshotAI's mid-generation flagship, combining strong general reasoning with excellent coding benchmarks and vision input support. Agentic reliability is more moderate than its coding strength, so it performs best on discrete coding and analysis tasks rather than long autonomous chains.
Businesses building coding assistants, code review pipelines, or multimodal analysis tools will find this a capable option, priced in the mid-range for its performance tier. It has since been followed by newer, higher-scoring siblings in the same family.
A strong coding-focused choice for teams not yet needing the very latest generation in this model line.
Assessed July 19, 2026
Editorial notes
Kimi K2.6 from MoonshotAI delivers excellent coding performance and strong general reasoning, with vision support and a 262K context window.
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DFO Verdict
Kimi K2.6 from MoonshotAI delivers excellent coding performance and strong general reasoning, with vision support and a 262K context window.
How MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 compares
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 ranks #21 of 395 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #17 of 160 for coding, #133 of 302 for agentic tasks. Its 262K-token context window is larger than 79% of the models we list. At $0.65 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 32% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input Ā· light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ā 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
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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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.65 | $0.000646 |
| Output | $2.72 | $0.002720 |
What would MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 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 K2.6
Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot AI's next-generation multimodal model, designed for long-horizon coding, coding-driven UI/UX generation, and multi-agent orchestration. It handles complex end-to-end coding tasks across Python, Rust, and Go, and..
Frequently asked questions about MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6
How much does MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 cost?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 costs $0.65 per million input tokens and $2.72 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K).
Is MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 ranks #17 of 160 models, placing it in the top quartile of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 do?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 is developed by MoonshotAI and was released on April 20, 2026.
