Moonshot
Kimi K3
kimi-k3
Total Context
1M
Max Output
131.1K
Released
N/A
Input$2.8571 / M tokens
Output$14.2857 / M tokens
Kimi K2.6
kimi-k2.6Kimi K2.6 is a versatile AI model that combines strong reasoning ability with efficient everyday performance. It works well for conversational AI, content generation, analysis, coding assistance, and multimodal applications. K2.6 provides a reliable balance between quality, speed, and flexibility for a wide range of production use cases.
Context Window
262.1K tokens
Maximum Output
262.1K tokens
Release Date
Apr 21, 2026
Modalities
Kimi K2.6 Pricing
| Input Price | Output Price | Cache Read |
|---|---|---|
| $0.9286/M | $3.8571/M | $0.1571/M |
Kimi K2.6 API Capabilities
Reasoning
Supported
Tool calling
Supported
Temperature parameter
Supported
Attachments
Supported
Knowledge Base
2025-01-01
Endpoint Protocols
Messages APICompletions API
Kimi K2.6 Model Highlights
Kimi K2.6 combines native multimodal reasoning, long-horizon coding, scalable agent orchestration and a 256K context window.
Native Multimodal Reasoning
It jointly processes text, images and video, allowing visual evidence to inform reasoning, coding and subsequent actions.
Long-Horizon Coding
It can sustain end-to-end software tasks across languages and domains, covering implementation, testing, debugging and performance optimization.
Scalable Agent Orchestration
Its Agent Swarm capability decomposes broad goals into parallel specialist tasks and coordinates their multi-step results.
Kimi K2.6 Use Cases
Kimi K2.6 is suited to repository-scale development, visually guided interface creation and autonomous workflows coordinating research, tools and code.
Repository-Scale Development
Analyze multi-file codebases, trace dependencies, implement features, isolate defects and validate coordinated patches.
Visual Interface Development
Turn prompts, screenshots and other visual references into structured front-end interfaces or lightweight full-stack applications.
Autonomous Research and Automation
Coordinate search, tools and code across long-running tasks to collect evidence and produce reports, websites or spreadsheets.
How to Use Kimi K2.6 via the TokenHub API
curl 'https://us-api.tokenhub.com/v1/messages' \
-X 'POST' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKENHUB_API_KEY"Kimi K2.6 Benchmarks
| Index score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | Artificial Analysis broad capability aggregate | 34.6 |
| Knowledge & Reasoning | ||
| GPQA | Advanced science problem solving | 78.8% |
| HLE | Broad expert-level exam set | 18.2% |
| Coding & Engineering | ||
| SciCode | Scientific coding challenges | 39.5% |
| Terminal-Bench Hard | Hard terminal task execution | 37.9% |
| Instruction Following & Agent Tasks | ||
| IFBench | Prompt constraint adherence | 44.3% |
| AA-LCR | Long-context reasoning | 57.7% |
| τ²-Bench | Agent workflow tasks | 93.9% |
Metrics sourced from Artificial Analysis
Kimi K2.6 Comparisons
Kimi K2.6 FAQs
Common questions about using Kimi K2.6 on TokenHub.
What is Kimi K2.6?+
Kimi K2.6 is a general-purpose multimodal model that accepts text and image inputs and supports thinking and non-thinking modes.
What is Kimi K2.6 best for?+
It is suitable for conversation, visual understanding, general analysis, coding, and agent workflows that combine multiple tools.
What are its main strengths and tradeoffs?+
Its broad multimodal and agent capabilities make it versatile, while the 256K context and reasoning mode may require more latency and budget than lightweight models.
How should I call Kimi K2.6 through TokenHub?+
Choose Kimi K2.6 in TokenHub and configure the request according to the provider's current API documentation, including the desired thinking mode.
Who should choose Kimi K2.6?+
Choose it when you need one balanced model for text, images, reasoning, coding, and agent tasks, but do not require Kimi K3's million-token context.
Ready to use Kimi K2.6?
Use one API key to access Kimi K2.6 and more AI models through TokenHub.
Kimi K2.6 Media, Demos and Reviews
Public announcements, independent tests and community discussion about Kimi K2.6.
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Build Fast with AI ·
The coding AI space just changed again. Kimi Code K2.6 preview is now public. Here's what matters for builders: → Terminal-based: write, debug, refactor natively → Rolled out via email to all subscribers (not just testers) → CLI access still catching up → Built on K2 — the https://t.co/PKO5Tjb9Ph
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HF1t8AZbAAARk7c.jpgView originalMikel ·
Reports suggest the Kimi Code early access program has ended, hinting that the K2.6 release is imminent. This update is expected to bring further refinements to their coding agent capabilities.
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I Tested Kimi K2.6 — 5x Cheaper, Better at UI, Agent Swarm
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