Kimi K2.6

Moonshot AI / Kimi
Model overview

kimi-k2.6

Moonshot/Kimi's K2.6 native multimodal agentic model.

general LLMreasoningcodingmultimodalvision-languageagentlong contextchatcode generationsoftware engineering agententerprise accesslocal inference
Representative version

kimi-k2.6

CompanyMoonshot AI / Kimi
ReleaseNot disclosed
Release typeModel release
Parameters1,000B / 32B active
ArchitectureNot disclosed
Context262,144
Input modalitiestext / image / video
Output modalitiestext
Tool use / function callingConfirmed: Tool use, Function calling
Structured output / reasoningConfirmed: Reasoning
Vision / audio / videoConfirmed: Vision, Video; Not shown: Audio
Open weights / LicenseWeights available / Modified MIT
License sourcemoonshot-kimi-kimi-k2-6-current · 2026-08-04
Vendor APIAvailable
moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 · Hugging Facemoonshot-kimi-kimi-k2-6-current · 2026-08-10
OpenRouterOpenRouter listed
PricingOpenRouter · 2026-08-11: $0.95 / $4
input / output, per 1M tokens
BenchmarkNo reliable public source
Public signals1 activity snapshot
Use casesassistant chat / code generation / software engineering agent / enterprise API
Claim evidenceRelease event / Model specifications / Weight checkpointmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 · Hugging Facekimi-k2.6 · Kimi K2.6 · kimi-k2.6
OpenRouter context / capabilities / pricingOpenRouter public models APImoonshotai/kimi-k2.6 · 2026-08-11T06:28:09.895Z
OpenRouter

Pricing / context / availability

OpenRouterOpenRouter listed
OpenRouter listingmoonshotai/kimi-k2.6
Mapped versionkimi-k2.6
moonshot-kimi-kimi-k2-6-current
PricingOpenRouter · 2026-08-11: $0.95 / $4
input / output, per 1M tokens
Context262144
Speed/LatencyNo reliable public source
Snapshot time2026-08-11T06:28:09.895Z
SourceView source
Source-bounded public ranking

OpenRouter weekly token-usage ranking

SourceModel / versionMetricRankValueCheckedLink
OpenRouterMoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 0420
moonshot-kimi-kimi-k2-6-current
Weekly token usage on OpenRouter public rankings API43172,817,415,533 tokens2026-08-11View source

OpenRouter weekly prompt-plus-completion token usage only; this is not a model-quality or whole-market ranking.

Public activity counters

Hugging Face model-card activity snapshot

PlatformEntryLast-month downloadsCurrent likesCurrent SpacesTimeSource
huggingface
Current HF activity snapshot
moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6785,3851,586100View source

Downloads are Hugging Face's trailing-month counter; likes and Spaces are snapshots at collection time.

Missing public information

Public information not yet available

Release date not disclosedNo reliable benchmark sourceNo linkable model-specific reviewSpeed/latency not disclosed