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Kimi K2 Thinking

Kimi K2 Thinking by Moonshot AI.

#457released Jan 1, 2025·Proprietary·Not disclosed
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Intelligence
33.5 #457
Top 62% tier
Output Speed
40 t/s
ITL 25.0 ms/tok
Blended price (3:1)
$1.75 /1M
In $1/M · Out $4/M
Context
131K
≈ 328 A4 pages · max out 16,384

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Kimi K2 Thinking
Claude Mythos Preview (#1)
Average (68)
Coding (40)Mathematics (38.5)Hard Science (GPQA) (55)Agentic & Tool Use (31.5)Knowledge (MMLU) (45)Vision / Multimodal (30)

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Model Details

Release date
Jan 1, 2025
Parameters
Not disclosed
License
Proprietary
Context Window
131,000 tokens
Input Price
$1/M
Output Price
$4/M
Output Speed
40 t/s
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@misc{llmpodium2026kimik2thinking,
  title = {Benchmark Analysis and Intelligence Evaluation of Kimi K2 Thinking},
  author = {LLMPodium Research},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://llmpodium.com/models/kimi-k2-thinking}
}

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