KimiKimi K2.6
- Released
- Apr 20, 2026
- Tracked since
- 2026-07-23
Intelligence index27Ranks 121 of 664 models with this metric
Coding index61.8Ranks 73 of 259 models with this metric
Agentic index20.5Ranks 87 of 156 models with this metric
Capability profile
5 axes vs. site averageKimi K2.6
Site average
Pricing
per 1M tokens- Input
- $0.950
- Output
- $4.00
- Cache read
- $0.160
Performance
- Output throughput
- 51 tokens/sec
- Time to first token
- 2.86s
- First answer token
- 90.73s
- End-to-end response
- 100.60s
History
7Intelligence index
44.2→27
Output
Unchanged across 62 days of records
Output throughput
58→51
Cheaper at this level
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