Models / Kimi K2

1T total params, MoE. Requires ~600GB for Q4. Cloud-only for most users.

AI-generated content marks

This model embeds text watermarks in generated text and adds C2PA provenance metadata to supported files such as .png, .jpg, and .svg. Marks can be lost through editing, screenshots, or format conversion, so their absence does not prove a file is human-made.

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coding reasoning
Parameters
1000.0B
Context
128k
License
other
Developer
Moonshot AI
Origin
🇨🇳 China
Released
Jul 2025

Scores

Coding
90
Reasoning
88
General
85

Score per dollar

149 pts per $/M input

general_score (85) divided by cheapest input price ($0.57/M). Higher is better value. See live pricing.

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Live per-provider pricing, throughput and uptime - refreshed about 8 hours ago via OpenRouter. Click a column to sort.

some pricing may be stale - last verified 2026-09-29

Provider Type Input $/M Output $/M Cache $/M Tok/s Latency Uptime Value
Novita
API 0.57 2.30 - - - 100.00% best uptime
Together AI stale
API 14.00 14.00 - - - -

Default order: throughput among 95%+ uptime providers, then latency; subscriptions last. Sort by any column. Subscription rows show $/mo in the Value column - per-token columns are "-". Affiliate links are marked sponsored / nofollow. Confirm current pricing on the provider's site before committing.

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PRICE HISTORY

Inference cost over time

Data accumulates from the first daily sync - longer ranges populate over time. Prices come from OpenRouter snapshots, not a historical API.

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