How much does Kimi K2.6 cost per token?

Kimi K2.6 is priced at $0.68 per million input tokens and $3.42 per million output tokens, per OpenRouter as of Jul 22, 2026.

What is Kimi K2.6's context window?

Kimi K2.6 supports a context window of up to 262.1K tokens, per Moonshot AI.

How widely used is Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 accounts for about 0.3% of tracked OpenRouter coding-token volume as of Aug 18, 2026.

What are the alternatives to Kimi K2.6?

By OpenRouter usage, comparable models include DeepSeek V4 Flash, Hy3, and Nemotron 3 Ultra. Side-by-side comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

ModelsMoonshot AI

Kimi K2.6

Name: Kimi K2.6
Author: Moonshot AI

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Context

262.1K

tokens

Released

Apr 20, 2026

on OpenRouter

Token share

0.3%

OpenRouter · Aug 18, 2026

Pricing

Price per million tokens

Input $/MTok

$0.6828%

OpenRouter · Jul 22, 2026

Output $/MTok

$3.4214.5%

OpenRouter · Jul 22, 2026

Cache read $/MTok

$0.14

OpenRouter

Current Kimi K2.6 prices per million tokens across tracked sources.
Source	Tracked slug	In $/MTok	Out $/MTok	Cache read	Cache write	Context	Effective	Last Δ (in)
OpenRouter	moonshotai/kimi-k2.6	$0.68	$3.42	$0.14	—	262.1K	Jul 22, 2026	28%
models.dev	kilo/moonshotai/kimi-k2.6	$0.75	$3.50	$0.38	—	262.1K	Jul 22, 2026	12.3%

latest tracked price per source · Δ = most recent input-price move within that source

2 sources tracking

Input $/MTok

Output $/MTok

per-source step lines · $/MTok

history since Jul 8, 2026

Specs

Context & availability

Kimi K2.6 specifications.
Provider	Moonshot AI
Context window	262.1K tokens
Listed on OpenRouter	Apr 20, 2026
Tracked price sources	OpenRouter · models.dev
Hugging Face	moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6
OpenRouter slugs	moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 · moonshotai/kimi-k2.6-20260420

source: OpenRouter model catalog + tracked price feeds

id: kimi-k2-6

Usage

Share of OpenRouter tokens

90-day · to Aug 18, 2026

source: OpenRouter model rankings · share of tracked coding-token volume

0.3% on Aug 18, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark results

Benchmark scores for Kimi K2.6.
Benchmark	Configuration	Score	Date	Source
AA Agentic Index	moonshotai/kimi-k2.6	30.3index	—	or-embedded-aa
AA Coding Index	moonshotai/kimi-k2.6	61.8index	—	or-embedded-aa
AA Intelligence Index	moonshotai/kimi-k2.6	44.2index	—	or-embedded-aa

scores as published by each benchmark; configurations differ — compare within a row's benchmark only

Alternatives

Similar models

Alternatives to Kimi K2.6 by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity.
#	Model	Tokens/day	7d Δ	Head-to-head
1	DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek	2.7T	35.1%	vs Kimi K2.6
2	Hy3Tencent	1.3T	12.2%	vs Kimi K2.6
5	Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA	733B	83.5%	vs Kimi K2.6
7	GLM 5.2Z.ai	533B	1.3%	vs Kimi K2.6

ranked by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity

snapshot Aug 20, 2026

FAQ

Kimi K2.6 FAQ

How much does Kimi K2.6 cost per token?: Kimi K2.6 is priced at $0.68 per million input tokens and $3.42 per million output tokens, per OpenRouter as of Jul 22, 2026.
What is Kimi K2.6's context window?: Kimi K2.6 supports a context window of up to 262.1K tokens, per Moonshot AI.
How widely used is Kimi K2.6?: Kimi K2.6 accounts for about 0.3% of tracked OpenRouter coding-token volume as of Aug 18, 2026.
What are the alternatives to Kimi K2.6?: By OpenRouter usage, comparable models include DeepSeek V4 Flash, Hy3, and Nemotron 3 Ultra. Side-by-side comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

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