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.
Both models stream in parallel through your own AIgateway key. Tokens, latency, and cost update as they arrive.
| Kimi-K2.6 moonshot/kimi-k2.6 | O4-Mini openai/o4-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot | OpenAI |
| Family | Kimi | o-series |
| Modality | text | text |
| Context window | 131,072 tok | 200,000 tok |
| Max output | 16,384 tok | 100,000 tok |
| Released | 2026-04-20 | 2026-04-13 |
| Input price | $0.950 /1M | $1.10 /1M |
| Output price | $4.00 /1M | $4.40 /1M |
| Cache read | $0.160 /1M | — |
| Tools | yes | yes |
| Streaming | yes | yes |
| Vision | yes | — |
| JSON mode | yes | yes |
| Reasoning | yes | yes |
| Prompt caching | yes | — |
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.
OpenAI's fast, lightweight reasoning model optimized for multi-step problem solving at lower cost.
# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
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 O4-Mini — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
model="openai/o4-mini",
messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)