MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking
by Moonshot AIMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking is a large language model from Moonshot AI. It costs $0.600 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens. Its context window is 262K tokens.
- Input / 1M tokens
- $0.600
- Output / 1M tokens
- $2.50
- Cached input / 1M
- $0.150
- Context window
- 262K
On repeated prefixes
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Who serves it cheapest
2 hosts serve Kimi K2 Thinking. Same weights, same API - the price difference is pure margin and routing.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Throughput | Uptime 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GoogleCheapest | $0.600 | $2.50 | 262K | - | 100.0% |
| Novitabf16 | $0.600 | $2.50 | 262K | - | 99.9% |
The spread between Google and Novita is about the same for identical weights. Quantization and context limits differ, so check both columns before switching.
Benchmarks
Independent scores published alongside the catalogue.
- Coding index
- 21.0
About Kimi K2 Thinking
Kimi K2 Thinking is Moonshot AI’s most advanced open reasoning model to date, extending the K2 series into agentic, long-horizon reasoning. Built on the trillion-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture introduced in...
Specifications
| Model ID | moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking |
|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI |
| Context window | 262K tokens |
| Max output | 98K tokens |
| Input modalities | text |
| Output modalities | text |
| Knowledge cutoff | - |
| Open weights | Yes - moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Thinking |
| Released | November 6, 2025 |
Cheaper alternatives
Models that cost less than Kimi K2 Thinking while keeping at least half its context window and every input modality it supports.
Frequently asked
How much does MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking cost?
$0.600 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens. Cached input reads cost $0.150 per million tokens.
What is the context window of MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking?
262K tokens, with up to 98K tokens of output per request.
Which provider serves MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking cheapest?
Google at $0.600 per million input tokens - about the same cheaper than Novita, the most expensive of the 2 hosts serving it.
Confirm against the source: Moonshot AI official pricing.