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Moonshot AI: Kimi K2 Instruct

Non-thinking Kimi K2 MoE instruction model for coding and tool-using agents

Source-linked kimi-k2 Open weights Modified MIT Released 2025-07-11
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InputT
OutputT
Input price$0.4/M
Output price$1.8/M
Context131.072K
Max output32.768K
Providers5
Inference availability

Providers

Provider-specific identifiers, limits, and listed prices per million tokens. Every row links back to the provider's own documentation.

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Providers offering Kimi K2 Instruct
ProviderProvider model IDContextMax outputInputOutputCache readCapabilitiesDocs
NanoGPT moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct 256K 8.192K $0.4 $1.8 $0.2 ToolsJSON Docs ↗
Novita AI moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct 131.072K 98.304K $0.57 $2.3 — Tools Docs ↗
Jiekou.AI moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct 131.072K 100.352K $0.57 $2.3 — ToolsJSON Docs ↗
Vercel AI Gateway moonshotai/kimi-k2 131.072K 131.072K $0.57 $2.3 — Tools Docs ↗
IO.NET moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905 32.768K 4.096K $0.57 $2.3 $0.285 Tools Docs ↗

Capability badges appear only where the provider catalog explicitly lists support. A blank cell means the source is silent, not that the feature is absent.

Listed rates

Price across providers

Input price per million tokens as published by each provider. Bars are drawn from listed rates only — no traffic weighting, since the catalog observes no requests.

Lowest input $0.4/M

Across 5 priced providers

Median input $0.57/M

Midpoint of listed rates

Highest input $0.57/M

1.4× the lowest listed rate

Output range $1.8 – $2.3

Per million output tokens

NanoGPT $0.4/MLowest
Novita AI $0.57/M
Jiekou.AI $0.57/M
Vercel AI Gateway $0.57/M
IO.NET $0.57/M
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Context limits also differ by provider, from 32.768K to 256K tokens. Compare the provider table above before choosing on price alone.

Specification

Capabilities

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× Reasoning No
✓ Tool calling Yes
✓ Structured output Yes
× Attachments No
× Vision input No
✓ Open weights Yes
Model family
kimi-k2
Knowledge cutoff
Not documented
License
Modified MIT
Release date
2025-07-11
Model ID
moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct

Weights: Hugging Face ↗

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Benchmarks

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Change log

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Full change log
Price Completion1.9 → 1.8
Price Prompt0.39 → 0.4
Public API

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API documentation
Endpoint
GET https://modelbench.lol/api/v1/models/moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct
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curl "https://modelbench.lol/api/v1/models/moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct"
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What is Kimi K2 Instruct?

Non-thinking Kimi K2 MoE instruction model for coding and tool-using agents. It is published by Moonshot AI and catalogued here from Models.dev.

How much does Kimi K2 Instruct cost?

Listed input pricing starts at $0.4 per million tokens from NanoGPT, rising to $0.57 across 5 listed providers.

What is the context length of Kimi K2 Instruct?

Kimi K2 Instruct accepts up to 131.072K tokens of context and returns up to 32.768K output tokens.

Does Kimi K2 Instruct support tool calling and structured output?

Provider catalogs list support for tool calling, and structured output.

Which providers serve Kimi K2 Instruct?

5 providers list this model: NanoGPT, Novita AI, Jiekou.AI, Vercel AI Gateway, IO.NET.

Are the weights for Kimi K2 Instruct open?

Yes. The weights are published and downloadable from Hugging Face under the Modified MIT license.

When was Kimi K2 Instruct released?

The catalog records a release date of 2025-07-11, last verified Oct 24, 2026.

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