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Kimi K2.5

by Moonshot

Current budget Open weights mid tier

Pricing · per 1M tokens

Input
$0.600
per million tokens
Output
$3.00
per million tokens
Cached input$0.100/Mtok (17% of input — prompt caching)
Blended avg cost*$1.80/Mtok

Available on 2 hosts · cheapest first

Kimi K2.5 is sold by 2 providers. Prices are per 1M tokens (blended = avg of input & output). The first-party row is the model maker; “vs first-party” shows each host’s blended price relative to it.

Host Input Output Blended vs first-party
Fireworks details → $0.600 $3.00 $1.80 0%
Moonshot first-party $0.600 $3.00 $1.80

Each host links to its provider page and official pricing. Prices refresh twice daily.

Overview

Earlier Kimi model. $0.60/$3.00 per 1M; cached $0.10.

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Capabilities

Input 2/5
Text ✓ Image ✓ Audio Video PDF
Output 1/5
Text ✓ Image Audio Video Embedding
Features 4/9
Prompt caching ✓ Reasoning Coding Fast inference Long context ✓ Open weights ✓ Multimodal ✓ Web search Realtime

Benchmark performance

Independent composite scores
  • LMSYS Chatbot Arena: 1449.8 ELO (human preference)

Source: LMSYS Chatbot Arena (UC Berkeley) · Updated Jun 29, 2026 · See full rankings →

Specifications

ProviderMoonshot
Context window262K tokens
Modalitytext, image
ParametersProprietary
Open sourceYes — open weights available
ReleasedJul 1, 2025
StatusCurrent
Last updatedJun 25, 2026
Tagsopen-weights budget caching multimodal

Cost calculator

1K tokens (in)$0.0006
1K tokens (out)$0.003
100K tokens (in)$0.060
100K tokens (out)$0.300
1M tokens (in)$0.600
1M tokens (out)$3.00
10M tokens (blended)$18.00
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At a glance

Input$0.600/M
Output$3.00/M
Blended$1.80/M
Context262K
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Price history

Last updated: Jul 10, 2026 · price links to the official provider pricing page (source above)

No price changes detected — this model's pricing has been stable since we began tracking it.

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