Moonshot AI · Released Jul 11, 2025Kimi K2 Instruct
Non-thinking Kimi K2 MoE instruction model for coding and tool-using agents.
- Capability
- 139.9ECI · #112 of 165
- Input
- $0.57per 1M tokens
- Output
- $2.30per 1M tokens
- Context
- 131K33K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.57per million tokens
- Output
- $2.30per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $1.00pricier than 60% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $2.29 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $25.75 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $257.50 |
Median of 11 paid API providers on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
#112 of 165 scored models
The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (136.3–141.6); the tick marks the median scored model.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Moonshot AI.
The details
- Lab
- Moonshot AI
- Released
- Jul 11, 2025
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
- Max output
- 32,768 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- No
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights · Modified MIT
- Availability
- 11 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Kimi K2 Instruct
How much does Kimi K2 Instruct cost?
Kimi K2 Instruct costs $0.57 input / $2.30 output per million tokens (median across 11 API providers). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $1.00 per million tokens, more expensive than 60% of the 445 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Kimi K2 Instruct?
Kimi K2 Instruct accepts up to 131,072 tokens per request and can write up to 32,768 tokens in one response.
How good is Kimi K2 Instruct?
Epoch AI gives Kimi K2 Instruct a Capabilities Index score of 139.9 (likely range 136.3–141.6), ranking it #112 of 165 models Epoch has scored.
Is Kimi K2 Instruct open source?
Yes. Moonshot AI publishes the weights under the Modified MIT licence, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Kimi K2 Instruct support?
Kimi K2 Instruct accepts text and replies in text. It is not a dedicated reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Kimi K2 Instruct released?
Moonshot AI released Kimi K2 Instruct on Jul 11, 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Kimi K2 Instruct?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Gemini 2.5 Flash (Google, ECI 140.6, $0.30 / $2.50), DeepSeek R1 0528 (DeepSeek, ECI 141.2, $0.512 / $2.19), Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 (Alibaba (Qwen), ECI 143.8, $0.30 / $2.90) and GLM-4.7 (Z.ai (Zhipu), ECI 143.7, $0.60 / $2.20).