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MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6: AI model

Kimi K2.6 is a Moonshot AI multimodal model for long-horizon coding, UI generation and multi-agent orchestration, with a 256K context and text+image input. Reachable from inside Iran through Hormouz.

Context window:
262,144 tokens
Input:
$0.65/1M tokens
Output:
$3.41/1M tokens
Type:
text, image
  • Vision
  • Tools
  • Streaming
  • Long context
Good for:Popular for Finance · #16Ranks are based on global usage data

Thinking levels:

Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot AI's next-generation multimodal model, designed for long-horizon coding, coding-driven UI/UX generation and multi-agent orchestration. It handles complex end-to-end coding tasks across languages such as Python, Rust and Go, and can turn prompts and visual inputs into production-ready interfaces.

Its agent-swarm design scales to many parallel sub-agents for autonomous task decomposition, so it can deliver documents, websites and spreadsheets in a single run. It accepts text and image input, always reasons, and offers a 256K-token context window.

Pricing is usage-based: $0.55 per million input tokens and $3.2 per million output tokens. Hormouz provides stable access to Kimi K2.6 from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling required.

Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot AI's next-generation multimodal model, designed for long-horizon coding, coding-driven UI/UX generation, and multi-agent orchestration. It handles complex end-to-end coding tasks across Python, Rust, and Go, and...

Quickstart

curl https://api.hormouz.net/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ng-YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "moonshotai/kimi-k2.6",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Specs

VendorMoonshot AI
TypeText, Image
Context window262,144 tokens
Pricing$0.65/M in · $3.41/M out
APIChat Completions
CapabilitiesStreaming · Vision · Tools

Benchmarks

Reasoning

GPQA Diamond
Graduate-level scientific reasoning
78.8%
HLE
Humanity's Last Exam
19.6%
IFBench
Instruction-following
44.3%
AA-LCR
Long-context reasoning
69.7%
CritPt
Research-level physics reasoning
1.4%
AA Omniscience
Broad factual knowledge accuracy
24.3%
Non-Hallucination
Rate of avoiding fabricated answers
55.8%

Coding

Terminal-Bench Hard
Agentic coding & terminal use
37.9%

Agentic

τ²-Bench
Tool-use agents in dual-control scenarios
93.9%

Source: Artificial Analysis

Ranking distribution

First
65,786
Second
51,909
Third
14,681
Fourth
12,044

24655 tournaments ?

Agentic Game Dev
Top 83%
1,141Elo
Win rate: 47.5%
Agentic HTML Slides
Top 22%
1,248Elo
Win rate: 59%
Agentic Slides
Top 44%
1,187Elo
Win rate: 45.8%
Agentic Slides (HTML)
Top 22%
1,252Elo
Win rate: 59.2%
Agentic Slides (Python)
Top 44%
1,186Elo
Win rate: 45.5%
Android Native
Top 59%
1,174Elo
Win rate: 49.1%
Full-Stack
Top 59%
1,154Elo
Win rate: 49.4%
Godot Game Dev
Top 78%
1,120Elo
Win rate: 46.8%
HTML Slides
Top 43%
1,184Elo
Win rate: 52.3%Avg time: 426s
Mobile Apps
Top 57%
1,153Elo
Win rate: 47.8%
PPTX Slides
Top 50%
1,181Elo
Win rate: 44.3%
Python Slides
Top 50%
1,180Elo
Win rate: 42.1%Avg time: 608s
Web Apps
Top 17%
1,268Elo
Win rate: 59.3%
3D
Top 15%
1,278Elo
Win rate: 57.6%Avg time: 340s
ASCII Art
Top 45%
1,176Elo
Win rate: 47.5%Avg time: 358s
Code
Top 17%
1,278Elo
Win rate: 54.8%Avg time: 409s
Data Viz
Top 22%
1,258Elo
Win rate: 52%Avg time: 377s
Game Dev
Top 22%
1,263Elo
Win rate: 54.9%Avg time: 407s
SVG
Top 32%
1,181Elo
Win rate: 51.2%Avg time: 127s
UI Component
Top 21%
1,273Elo
Win rate: 55.6%Avg time: 382s
Website
Top 17%
1,276Elo
Win rate: 54.2%Avg time: 466s

Metrics sourced from Design Arena

Code example

cURL
curl https://api.hormouz.net/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ng-YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "moonshotai/kimi-k2.6",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'
Python
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(api_key="ng-YOUR_API_KEY", base_url="https://api.hormouz.net/v1")
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="moonshotai/kimi-k2.6",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
JavaScript
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ apiKey: "ng-YOUR_API_KEY", baseURL: "https://api.hormouz.net/v1" });
const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "moonshotai/kimi-k2.6",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

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FAQ

How much does Kimi K2.6 cost?
Billing is usage-based: $0.55 per million input tokens and $3.2 per million output tokens. There is no fixed monthly fee. You pay only for what you use, at the rates shown in the Hormouz dashboard.
How do I access Kimi K2.6 from inside Iran?
Create an account on Hormouz and generate an API key. Hormouz provides a stable path to Kimi K2.6 from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling required.
Is Kimi K2.6 compatible with OpenAI code?
Yes. Hormouz exposes an OpenAI-compatible API. Just change the base URL to Hormouz and swap in your Hormouz key. Your existing OpenAI SDKs and code run without a rewrite.
What is Kimi K2.6 designed for?
It is built for long-horizon coding, UI/UX generation and multi-agent orchestration. It accepts text and image input, scales to many parallel sub-agents, and offers a 256K-token context window for large end-to-end tasks.

Updated 2026-10-13