Kimi K2 cost & VRAM calculator
What does Kimi K2 cost to run for your workload, and can you run it on your own hardware? Set your workload below - we compute per-provider API cost live and tell you honestly whether local hardware can run it.
This is where owning stops making sense
Kimi K2 is a 1000-billion-parameter model. No rig an individual can buy runs it - so unlike a workstation GPU model, there's no break-even to compute. The honest answer for nearly everyone is the per-provider API cost below.
1T total params, MoE. Requires ~600GB for Q4. Cloud-only for most users.
Your workload
API cost for your workload
| Provider | Rate ($/1M) | Monthly cost |
|---|---|---|
| Novita | $0.57 in · $2.30 out | $0.01 cheapest |
| Together AI may be stale | $14.00 in · $14.00 out | $0.34 |
Monthly cost is an estimate from list prices and your workload - verify against the provider before committing. Cached fraction applies the cache rate to that share of input.
Can you run it locally?
Kimi K2 has no published quantization that fits a rig one person can buy, so there's no local-hardware recommendation and no break-even to compute. The honest answer is the per-provider API cost above.
1T total params, MoE. Requires ~600GB for Q4. Cloud-only for most users.
See the model card for the full architecture notes and any cloud subscription plans.