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Kimi-K2.6 vs Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent

Pricing per million tokens, context window, capabilities — pulled from each provider's public docs. All 2 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
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309
Provider
Moonshot
xAI
Family
Kimi
Grok 4
Modality
text
text
Context window
262,144 tok
2,000,000 tok
Max output
16,384 tok
4,096 tok
Released
2026-04-20
2026-05-22
License
Open-weight
Proprietary
Input price
$0.950 /1M
$2.00 /1M
Output price
$4.00 /1M
$6.00 /1M
Cache read
$0.160 /1M
Tools
yes
Streaming
yes
yes
Vision
yes
JSON mode
yes
Reasoning
yes
Prompt caching
yes
Batch API
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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
Use cases
Code agentsLong-document reasoningCost-conscious production
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309
Full spec →

xAI's Grok 4.20 multi-agent model with a 2M-token context window. Multiple agents collaborate in parallel to perform deep research tasks, with function calling, structured outputs, and reasoning capabilities.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
Use cases
ChatbotsContent generationAgentic workflows

Benchmarks

Kimi-K2.6
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
HumanEval
92.7
SWE-Bench
68.2

Source: each provider's published benchmarks. Higher is better. Run an eval to compare on your own data.

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Claude Opus 4.8 vs Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
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Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
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Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Kimi-K2.6
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 · moonshot/kimi-k2.6
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, all 2, one line different.

from openai import OpenAI

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

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

# Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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