Kimi K2 Thinking

Moonshot AI · model · context window 262,144 tokens.

Pricing (per 1M tokens)

Input$0.6000

Output$2.50

Cache read$0.1500

Specifications

Context window262,144 tokens

Max output262,144 tokens

Modalitiestext

VisionNo

Tool useYes

ReasoningNo

Prompt cachingNo

Intelligence & value

Measured

Overall1371 · #71

Worth it? Step 3.5 Flash matches or beats Kimi K2 Thinking on the overall Arena and costs about $30.00/month versus $215.00/month at 100,000 calls — roughly $185.00/month cheaper.

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Result

$0.00185 per request

~$55.50/month at 1,000 requests/day

Input cost: $0.000600
Output cost: $0.00125
Per request: $0.00185
Per day: $1.85
Per month: $55.50

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