KimiKimi K2 Thinking
- Released
- Nov 6, 2025
- Tracked since
- 2026-07-23
Intelligence index22Ranks 185 of 664 models with this metric
Coding index—Not tested
Agentic index—Not tested
Capability profile
5 axes vs. site averageKimi K2 Thinking
Site average
Some dimensions have no data yet — marked on the chart
Pricing
per 1M tokens- Input
- $0.600
- Output
- $2.50
- Cache read
- $0.600
Performance
- Output throughput
- 112 tokens/sec
- Time to first token
- 1.46s
- First answer token
- 19.29s
- End-to-end response
- 23.75s
History
2Intelligence index
32.7→22
Output
Unchanged across 62 days of records
Output throughput
122→112
Cheaper at this level
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