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Kimi K2.6

Moonshot AI Release: 2026-04-20 Tested on: 2026-07-16 22:59 moonshotai/kimi-k2.6::medium
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Summary

Kimi K2.6 scores 7.2 on AI BENCHY and ranks #67. It has 9.4 reliability, a 63.6% pass rate, $1.222 total cost, and 109.98s average response time.

What makes Kimi K2.6 unique: It uses unusually many reasoning tokens, which can help explain its slower or more expensive runs.

Score

7.2

Consistency

8.3

Reliability

9.4

Total Cost (Current Price)

$1.222 ↑ +3.7%

Tested at: $1.179

Total Output Tokens

391,540

Total Input Tokens

68,902

Input Price

$0.950 / 1M

Output Price

$4.000 / 1M

Tests Correct

Wrong Tests: 10

Attempt pass rate: 63.6%

Flaky tests

4

Flaky tests had mixed outcomes across runs (at least one pass and one fail).

Response Time (avg)

109.98s

Response Time (max): 876.20s

Response Time (total): 2309.56s

Timed out: 3 Wrong answer: 3 Did not follow instructions: 2 Invalid tool call: 1 No answer: 1

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#67 MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

medium
Cost
$0.013
Time
103.4s
Tokens
3,620 tok

Run history

Tested on Score Reliability Tests Correct Total Cost Compare
2026-07-16 22:59 New test added 7.2 9.4 $1.222 ↑ Current run
2026-06-04 13:59 New test added 7.2 7.8 $0.891 ↓ Compare
2026-05-22 00:14 Suite changed 7.4 8.3 $0.916 Compare
2026-04-23 10:54 First recorded run 7.7 N/A $0.722 Compare

This run used a different benchmark suite. Keep suite changes in mind when reading historical movement.

Price History

Historical pricing data for this model from OpenRouter.

Date Input Price Output Price
2026-06-04 15:40 $0.684 / 1M $3.420 / 1M
2026-06-10 13:42 $0.680 / 1M $3.410 / 1M
2026-06-29 01:00 $0.660 / 1M $3.410 / 1M
2026-06-30 21:25 $0.550 / 1M $3.200 / 1M
2026-07-08 21:00 $0.650 / 1M $3.410 / 1M
2026-07-16 15:36 $0.950 / 1M $4.000 / 1M

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Total Output Tokens

Score vs Total Output Tokens

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Category Breakdown

Category Score Consistency Tests Correct
Anti-AI Tricks 7.0 8.0
Coding 5.7 8.6
Combined 6.9 5.9
Data parsing and extraction 10.0 10.0
Domain specific 5.3 7.2
General Intelligence 10.0 10.0
Instructions following 10.0 10.0
Puzzle Solving 6.0 7.4
Tool Calling 10.0 10.0
Trivia 3.0 10.0

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