compare/Kimi K2.6vsKimi-K2.5

Kimi K2.6 vs Kimi-K2.5

Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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 Kimi K2.6
moonshot/kimi-k2.6
Kimi-K2.5
moonshot/kimi-k2.5
ProviderMoonshotMoonshot
FamilyKimiKimi
Modalitytexttext
Context window262,144 tok128,000 tok
Max output16,384 tok8,192 tok
Released2026-04-202026-04-08
Input price$0.950 /1M$0.600 /1M
Output price$4.00 /1M$3.00 /1M
Cache read$0.160 /1M
Toolsyesyes
Streamingyesyes
Visionyesyes
JSON modeyesyes
Reasoningyesyes
Prompt cachingyes
Kimi K2.6
moonshot/kimi-k2.6
Full spec →

Kimi K2.6 is a frontier-scale open-source 1T parameter model with a 262.1k context window, multi-turn tool calling, vision inputs, and structured outputs for agentic workloads.

Strengths
  • Frontier-scale 1T parameters, open-weight
  • ~10× cheaper than Opus
  • Multi-turn tool calling + vision
Kimi-K2.5
moonshot/kimi-k2.5
Full spec →

Kimi K2.5 is Moonshot AI's language model with strong coding, reasoning, and multilingual capabilities.

Strengths
  • Step-by-step reasoning
  • Chain-of-thought
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, both models, one line different.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Try Kimi K2.6
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="moonshot/kimi-k2.6",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try Kimi-K2.5 — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="moonshot/kimi-k2.5",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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