LIVE
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GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
BODYBUILDER$-1000000.00 5.4%
GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
CNReasoningKIMI-K2-THINKI Live · updated daily

kimi-k2-thinking

Moonshot AI
Efficiency score
88/100
23.2%
Input price
$0.60/ 1M tokens
Output price
$2.50/ 1M tokens
Context window
131K
Throughput
120tok/s
Availability
97.5%
Cost / task
$0.002

Capabilities

Accepts (input)
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Produces (output)
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7-day heat trend

23.2%

Pricing breakdown

Input price
$0.60/ 1M tokens
$0.0006 / 1K
Output price
$2.50/ 1M tokens
$0.0025 / 1K
Blended price
$2.02/ 1M tokens
$0.0020 / 1K

Typical 3:1 output-to-input mix, per 1M tokens

Estimated monthly cost by workload

Chat assistant
$480.00/ mo
1K in · 400 out · 10K req/day
RAG / long context
$945.00/ mo
8K in · 600 out · 5K req/day
Agent / tool use
$1,332/ mo
3K in · 1.5K out · 8K req/day
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Market position

  • Cheaper than 17% of tracked models
  • Faster than 3% of tracked models
  • Efficiency rank: #689 of 1105

Best suited for

Complex reasoning, analysis, planning and multi-step problem solving where answer quality matters more than raw cost.

About kimi-k2-thinking

Kimi K2 Thinking is Moonshot AI’s most advanced open reasoning model to date, extending the K2 series into agentic, long-horizon reasoning. Built on the trillion-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture introdu...

kimi-k2-thinking is a Reasoning model from Moonshot AI (CN). HotON.ai tracks it at $0.60 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens, with a 131K-token context window, ~120 tokens/sec throughput and 97.5% availability. Its composite efficiency score is 88/100 at an estimated $0.002 per successful task.

Frequently asked questions

How much does kimi-k2-thinking cost per 1M tokens?+

kimi-k2-thinking is tracked at $0.60 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens. A typical 3:1 output-to-input workload blends to roughly $2.02 per 1M tokens. Figures are illustrative demo data.

What is kimi-k2-thinking best for?+

Complex reasoning, analysis, planning and multi-step problem solving where answer quality matters more than raw cost.

How fast is kimi-k2-thinking?+

kimi-k2-thinking delivers about 120 tokens/sec with 97.5% tracked availability, suitable for latency-sensitive, real-time applications.

Is kimi-k2-thinking cheaper than other AI models?+

Within the HotON.ai tracked set, kimi-k2-thinking is cheaper than 17% of models on input price and ranks #689 of 1105 by overall efficiency.

Pricing is real (via the TestKey catalog, updated daily). Quality (Arena Elo) is real where the model is ranked on LMArena. Speed, availability and efficiency are modeled estimates.