Moonshot AI model product
Kimi K2
Kimi K2 is a Mixture-of-Experts large language model from Moonshot AI with 32 billion activated parameters, 1 trillion total parameters, and a 256K-token context length.
Updated Sep 8, 2026. Default version: Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
LLMBoard Score36.3Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Coverage100%26 benchmark families
Context windowN/ATokens
Official input priceN/AOfficial price unavailable
Kimi K2 Capability Profile
This profile uses the model's current scored version. Arena ratings and prices are shown separately.
Kimi K2 Benchmark Results
Benchmark scores for Kimi K2-Instruct-0905.
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Benchmark | Score | Rank | Participants | Percentile | Evidence | Evaluated |
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| BenchmarkACEBench | Score76.50% | Rank02 | Participants2 | Percentile0.00% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAutoLogi | Score89.50% | Rank02 | Participants2 | Percentile0.00% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkCNMO 2024 | Score74.30% | Rank02 | Participants3 | Percentile50.00% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkPolyMath-en | Score65.10% | Rank02 | Participants2 | Percentile0.00% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMultiPL-E | Score85.70% | Rank05 | Participants13 | Percentile66.67% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkZebraLogic | Score89.00% | Rank06 | Participants8 | Percentile28.57% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMATH-500 | Score97.40% | Rank07 | Participants32 | Percentile80.65% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkOJBench | Score27.10% | Rank09 | Participants9 | Percentile0.00% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkLiveBench | Score76.40% | Rank10 | Participants38 | Percentile75.68% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAider-Polyglot | Score60.00% | Rank13 | Participants22 | Percentile42.86% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMMLU | Score89.50% | Rank14 | Participants101 | Percentile87.00% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMulti-Challenge | Score54.10% | Rank15 | Participants29 | Percentile50.00% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkIFEval | Score89.80% | Rank17 | Participants68 | Percentile76.12% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMMLU-Redux | Score92.70% | Rank17 | Participants48 | Percentile65.96% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTau2 Airline | Score56.50% | Rank18 | Participants24 | Percentile26.09% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSuperGPQA | Score57.20% | Rank22 | Participants34 | Percentile36.36% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTau2 Retail | Score70.60% | Rank22 | Participants27 | Percentile19.23% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTerminal-Bench | Score25.00% | Rank23 | Participants25 | Percentile8.33% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSimpleQA | Score31.00% | Rank25 | Participants47 | Percentile47.83% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTau2 Telecom | Score65.80% | Rank29 | Participants36 | Percentile20.00% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkHMMT 2025 | Score38.80% | Rank30 | Participants33 | Percentile9.38% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSWE-bench Multilingual | Score47.30% | Rank37 | Participants43 | Percentile14.29% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAIME 2024 | Score69.60% | Rank42 | Participants53 | Percentile21.15% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkLiveCodeBench | Score53.70% | Rank42 | Participants75 | Percentile44.59% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMMLU-Pro | Score81.10% | Rank51 | Participants138 | Percentile63.50% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSWE-Bench Verified | Score65.80% | Rank78 | Participants113 | Percentile31.25% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkHumanity's Last Exam | Score4.70% | Rank102 | Participants103 | Percentile0.98% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAIME 2025 | Score49.50% | Rank108 | Participants119 | Percentile9.32% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkGPQA | Score75.10% | Rank116 | Participants247 | Percentile53.25% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
Kimi K2 Arena Results
Preference and agent-evaluation results for the default version.
No Arena results
The default version does not have a matching Arena result yet.
Kimi K2 Pricing
Official vendor API pricing appears first, followed by individual provider offers.
- Official API
- N/A
- Official provider
- N/A
- Lowest third-party
- From $1 input, $3 output per 1M via Hugging Face
- Tracked offerings
- 1
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Provider | Provider model ID | Region | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Updated |
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| ProviderHugging Face | Provider model IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$1 | Output / 1M$3 | Context262.1K | Updated |
Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.
Kimi K2 Runtime Performance
Provider-specific output speed and catalog latency for Kimi K2-Instruct-0905. Runtime does not affect the capability score.
No runtime data
No provider-specific speed or latency record is linked to the default version yet.
Output Speed is generated output tokens received per second. Catalog latency is reported separately from observed provider TTFT.
Kimi K2 Specifications
Technical details for the model's default version.
- Version
- Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
- Released
- Sep 5, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- Unknown
- Parameters
- 1T
- Context window
- N/A
- Max output
- N/A
- Inputs
- text
- Outputs
- text
- Open weights
- Yes
- License
- MIT
Kimi K2 Versions
Available versions of this model. The score column identifies the version used in the overall ranking.
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Version | Released | LLMBoard | Parameters | Context | Max output | Open weights | License |
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| VersionKimi K2 0905 | Released | LLMBoardN/A | Parameters1T | Context262.1K | Max output262.1K | Open weightsNo | LicenseProprietary |
| VersionKimi K2-Instruct-0905 | Released | LLMBoard36.25 | Parameters1T | ContextN/A | Max outputN/A | Open weightsYes | LicenseMIT |
| VersionKimi K2 Base | Released | LLMBoardN/A | Parameters1T | ContextN/A | Max outputN/A | Open weightsYes | LicenseMIT |
| VersionKimi K2 Instruct | Released | LLMBoardN/A | Parameters1T | Context200K | Max output200K | Open weightsYes | LicenseMIT |
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What is Kimi K2?
Key information about Kimi K2 and its available data.
5T tokens for agentic tasks, coding, mathematics, knowledge, and tool use. It uses the MuonClip optimizer and a hybrid architecture without long thinking.
Data as of 2026-09-08.
FAQ
Common questions about Kimi K2.
When was Kimi K2 released?
Kimi K2's default version was released on Sep 5, 2025.
How much does Kimi K2 cost?
No official standard PAYG price is currently available for Kimi K2. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $1 input and $3 output via Hugging Face.
Who created Kimi K2?
Kimi K2 was created by Moonshot AI.
What is the context window for Kimi K2?
A context window is not available for the default version.
Is Kimi K2 open weight?
Yes. The default version is marked as open weight under MIT.
How many API providers offer Kimi K2?
1 provider offerings are linked to the default version.