Kimi K2.5 pricing & benchmarks
Released Jan 27, 2026 · served by 10 providers · ranked #44 by intelligence in our index
What Kimi K2.5 is
Kimi K2.5 is Moonshot AI's native multimodal model, delivering state-of-the-art visual coding capability and a self-directed agent swarm paradigm. Built on Kimi K2 with continued pretraining over approximately 15T mixed...
- Model ID:
moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 - Modality: text+image->text
- Tool calling: supported · Structured output: supported
- Weights:
moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5on Hugging Face
Providers and prices for Kimi K2.5
The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. Prices are per 1M tokens, cheapest first. Uptime and throughput are OpenRouter's rolling measurements, not vendor claims.
| Provider | Input | Output | Context | Quant | Uptime 24h | Throughput |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chutescheapest | $0.440 | $2.00 | 262K | int4 | 91.2% | — |
| DigitalOcean | $0.375 | $2.02 | 262K | — | 98.6% | — |
| DeepInfra | $0.450 | $2.25 | 262K | fp4 | 99.8% | — |
| SiliconFlow | $0.450 | $2.25 | 262K | int4 | 99.9% | — |
| AtlasCloud | $0.490 | $2.50 | 262K | int4 | 99.8% | — |
| StreamLake | $0.540 | $2.70 | 256K | fp8 | 99.9% | — |
| Novita | $0.570 | $2.85 | 262K | — | 99.9% | — |
| Moonshot AI | $0.600 | $3.00 | 262K | int4 | 100.0% | — |
| Phala | $0.600 | $3.00 | 262K | — | 91.1% | — |
| Venice | $0.560 | $3.50 | 256K | — | 93.0% | — |
Kimi K2.5 benchmark results
Design Arena head-to-head results, as reported through the OpenRouter model API.
| Category | Arena | Rank | Elo | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| godotgamedev | agents | #9 | 1219 | 59.8% |
| asciiart | models | #18 | 1207 | 47.1% |
| fullstack | agents | #18 | 1163 | 54.2% |
| mobileapps | agents | #20 | 1182 | 49% |
| androidnative | agents | #22 | 1109 | 57.9% |
| webapps | agents | #22 | 1179 | 50.2% |
| website | models | #24 | 1275 | 55.5% |
| uicomponent | models | #28 | 1272 | 53.6% |
| 3d | models | #29 | 1263 | 53.3% |
| codecategories | models | #29 | 1268 | 54.3% |
| gamedev | models | #29 | 1262 | 53.4% |
| svg | models | #31 | 1194 | 48% |
| dataviz | models | #32 | 1251 | 51.7% |
Cheaper models in the same class
Models scoring within 4 points of Kimi K2.5 on the Intelligence Index, but with a lower output price.
FAQ
How much does the Kimi K2.5 API cost?
$0.375 per 1M input tokens and $2.00 per 1M output tokens. A typical workload of 1M input + 300K output tokens costs about $0.97.
Is Kimi K2.5 free?
No. It is a paid model starting at $0.375 per 1M input tokens, though some providers offer trial credits.
Which provider is cheapest for Kimi K2.5?
Chutes at $0.440 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens (int4 quantization).
Can I self-host Kimi K2.5?
Yes — weights are published as moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5 on Hugging Face, so you can run it on your own hardware.