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Kimi-K2.6 vs Grok Imagine Video

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 Imagine Video
xai/grok-imagine-video
Provider
Moonshot
xAI
Family
Kimi
Modality
text
video
Context window
262,144 tok
Max output
16,384 tok
Released
2026-04-20
2026-05-22
License
Open-weight
Proprietary
Input price
$0.950 /1M
Output price
$4.00 /1M
Cache read
$0.160 /1M
Per output second
$0.050 /sec
Tools
yes
Streaming
yes
Vision
yes
JSON mode
yes
Reasoning
yes
Prompt caching
yes
Batch API
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Kimi-K2.6
moonshot/kimi-k2.6
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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 Imagine Video
xai/grok-imagine-video
Full spec →

xAI's video generation model. Generates, edits, and extends videos from text and image inputs with native synchronized audio including dialogue, sound effects, and music. Supports multiple creative modes (normal, fun, custom).

Strengths
  • Text-to-video generation
Use cases
PromosDemosStoryboards

Benchmarks

Kimi-K2.6
Grok Imagine Video
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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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 Imagine Video
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="xai/grok-imagine-video",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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