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Kimi K2.5

moonshotai/kimi-k2.5

Earlier Kimi frontier model for long-context agents, coding, and multimodal work

Source-linkedkimi-k2Open weightsReleased 2026-01
Report data
Context window262.144K
Maximum output262.144K
Provider offers36
Knowledge cutoff2025-01
Capabilities

What this model supports

ReasoningYes
Tool callingYes
Structured outputYes
AttachmentsNo
Temperature controlNo
Open weightsYes
Creator
Moonshot AI
Family
kimi-k2
Modalities
Image, Text, Video
License
Not documented
Release date
2026-01
Model ID
moonshotai/kimi-k2.5
Market availability

Provider pricing

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Providers offering Kimi K2.5
ProviderProvider model IDContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MCached / 1MFeaturesAll pricing
Alibaba Coding Plankimi-k2.5262.144K$0.000$0.000$0.000R T ·
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Alibaba Token Plankimi-k2.5262.144K$0.000$0.000$0.000R T ·
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Alibaba Token Plan (China)kimi-k2.5262.144K$0.000$0.000$0.000R T ·
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Alibaba Coding Plan (China)kimi-k2.5262.144K$0.000$0.000$0.000R T ·
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Qiniumoonshotai/kimi-k2.5256K· T ·
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HPC-AImoonshotai/kimi-k2.5262.144K$0.300$1.500$0.050R T S
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NanoGPTmoonshotai/kimi-k2.5256K$0.300$1.900· T ·
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CrofAIkimi-k2.5262.144K$0.350$1.700$0.070R T S
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OpenRoutermoonshotai/kimi-k2.5262.144K$0.375$2.025$0.203R T S
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LLM Gatewaykimi-k2.5262.144K$0.405$1.980$0.225R T S
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Kilo Gatewaymoonshotai/kimi-k2.5262.144K$0.450$2.200R T ·
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Meganovamoonshotai/Kimi-K2.5262.144K$0.450$2.800R T ·
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Deep Inframoonshotai/Kimi-K2.5262.144K$0.450$2.250$0.070R T S
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DigitalOceankimi-k2.5262.144K$0.500$2.700R T S
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Together AImoonshotai/Kimi-K2.5262.144K$0.500$2.800R T ·
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Aurikokimi-k2.5262.144K$0.500$2.800R T S
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Neuralwattmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.5262.128K$0.520$2.590$0.130R T ·
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Venice AIkimi-k2-5256K$0.560$3.500$0.220R T S
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ZenMuxmoonshotai/kimi-k2.5262K$0.580$3.020$0.100R T ·
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OpenCode Gokimi-k2.5262.144K$0.600$3.000$0.100R T ·
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Abacuskimi-k2.5262.144K$0.600$3.000R T S
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Cloudflare AI Gatewayworkers-ai/@cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.5256K$0.600$3.000$0.100R T S
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Moonshot AI (China)kimi-k2.5262.144K$0.600$3.000$0.100R T S
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Vercel AI Gatewaymoonshotai/kimi-k2.5262.114K$0.600$3.000$0.100R T S
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Azurekimi-k2.5262.144K$0.600$3.000R T S
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OpenCode Zenkimi-k2.5262.144K$0.600$3.000$0.080R T ·
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Moonshot AIkimi-k2.5262.144K$0.600$3.000$0.100R T S
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NovitaAImoonshotai/kimi-k2.5262.144K$0.600$3.000$0.100R T S
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  "output": 3
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Weights & Biasesmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.5262.144K$0.600$3.000$0.100R T S
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Jiekou.AImoonshotai/kimi-k2.5262.144K$0.600$3.000R T S
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Azure Cognitive Serviceskimi-k2.5262.144K$0.600$3.000R T S
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Basetenmoonshotai/Kimi-K2.5262K$0.600$3.000$0.120R T S
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AIHubMixkimi-k2.5262.144K$0.600$3.000$0.100R T S
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Merge Gatewaymoonshotai/kimi-k2.5262.144K$0.600$3.000R T S
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OrcaRouterkimi/kimi-k2.5262.144K$0.600$3.000$0.100R T S
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CrossModelmoonshot/kimi-k2.5262K$0.620$3.300$0.110R T S
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Evidence

Published benchmark results

Design Arena: 3d vs top 8 models
Z.ai: GLM 5.2
1371.0
Claude Fable 5
1361.0
xAI: Grok 4.5
1352.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6
1348.0
Kimi K2.6
1348.0
Z.ai: GLM 5.1
1336.0
DeepSeek V4 Pro
1326.0
Kimi K2.5
1278.0
Design Arena: androidnative vs top 8 models
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8
1370.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7
1290.0
Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo
1267.0
GPT-5.5
1260.0
Z.ai: GLM 5.2
1250.0
Gemini 3.5 Flash
1247.0
Z.ai: GLM 5.1
1246.0
Kimi K2.5
1127.0
Design Arena: asciiart vs top 8 models
Claude Fable 5
1369.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7
1326.0
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
1316.0
Gemini 3.5 Flash
1308.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6
1305.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8
1305.0
GPT-5.5
1302.0
Kimi K2.5
1211.0
Design Arena: codecategories vs top 8 models
Z.ai: GLM 5.2
1352.0
Claude Fable 5
1344.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6
1336.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7
1330.0
xAI: Grok 4.5
1328.0
Z.ai: GLM 5.1
1321.0
Kimi K2.6
1320.0
Kimi K2.5
1279.0
Design Arena: dataviz vs top 8 models
Claude Fable 5
1372.0
Z.ai: GLM 5.1
1366.0
xAI: Grok 4.5
1330.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6
1321.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7
1320.0
Z.ai: GLM 5.2
1318.0
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6
1317.0
Kimi K2.5
1266.0
Design Arena: fullstack vs top 8 models
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7
1503.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8
1322.0
Claude Sonnet 5
1314.0
Z.ai: GLM 5.2
1298.0
Claude Fable 5
1296.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6
1286.0
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6
1271.0
Kimi K2.5
1180.0
Design Arena: gamedev vs top 8 models
Claude Fable 5
1387.0
Z.ai: GLM 5.2
1354.0
Claude Sonnet 5
1345.0
GPT-5.5
1344.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6
1339.0
MiMo-V2.5-Pro
1334.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7
1334.0
Kimi K2.5
1267.0
Design Arena: godotgamedev vs top 7 models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6
1271.0
Kimi K2.5
1256.0
Z.ai: GLM 5.1
1240.0
Z.ai: GLM 5
1231.0
Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo
1221.0
Z.ai: GLM 4.6
1220.0
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
1219.0
Design Arena: mobileapps vs top 8 models
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8
1287.0
Claude Fable 5
1282.0
MiniMax: MiniMax M3
1273.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6
1259.0
Gemini 3.5 Flash
1259.0
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6
1255.0
Z.ai: GLM 5.2
1243.0
Kimi K2.5
1184.0
Design Arena: svg vs top 8 models
Claude Fable 5
1364.0
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
1340.0
Gemini 3.5 Flash
1297.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6
1279.0
GPT-5.5
1277.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7
1274.0
Z.ai: GLM 5.1
1273.0
Kimi K2.5
1199.0
Design Arena: uicomponent vs top 8 models
Claude Fable 5
1406.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7
1358.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6
1344.0
Z.ai: GLM 5.2
1336.0
Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max
1331.0
Z.ai: GLM 5.1
1330.0
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6
1321.0
Kimi K2.5
1285.0
Design Arena: webapps vs top 8 models
Claude Sonnet 5
1351.0
Claude Fable 5
1338.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7
1326.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8
1288.0
Z.ai: GLM 5.2
1280.0
xAI: Grok 4.5
1270.0
Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max
1267.0
Kimi K2.5
1190.0
Design Arena: website vs top 8 models
Z.ai: GLM 5.2
1346.0
Claude Fable 5
1336.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6
1331.0
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7
1329.0
xAI: Grok 4.5
1323.0
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6
1320.0
Claude Sonnet 5
1314.0
Kimi K2.5
1284.0
SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA vs top 1 models
Kimi K2.5
13.1
SWE-Atlas Refactoring vs top 1 models
Kimi K2.5
20.9
SWE-Atlas Test Writing vs top 1 models
Kimi K2.5
25.8
SWE-Bench Verified vs top 8 models
Claude Fable 5
95.0
Claude Opus 4.8
88.6
Claude Sonnet 5
85.2
Ornith 1.0 397B
82.4
DeepSeek V4 Pro
80.6
Qwen3.7 Max
80.4
Kimi K2.6
80.2
Kimi K2.5
70.8