| Provider | MoonshotAI |
|---|---|
| Model ID | moonshotai/kimi-k2 |
| Prompt Price per 1M tokens | $0.57 |
| Completion Price per 1M tokens | $2.3 |
| Sample Workload Cost 1M input + 500K output | $1.72 |
| Context Window | 131.07K |
| Release Date | |
| Popularity | #135 |
| Popularity Signal | 771.8M tokens |
Kimi K2 0711
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Kimi K2 0711 is estimated at $1.72 for the standard workload.
Kimi K2 0711 is best suited for general API evaluation. A 1M input token plus 500K output token workload is estimated at $1.72.
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| Kimi K2.6 (free) | MoonshotAI | $0 | 262.14K | Same provider with a lower standard workload estimate. | Open model Compare |
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Kimi K2 Instruct is a large-scale Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model developed by Moonshot AI, featuring 1 trillion total parameters with 32 billion active per forward pass. It is optimized for...
Kimi K2 0711 is best suited for general API evaluation.
A 1M input token plus 500K output token workload is estimated at $1.72.
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