Kimi K2

By Kimi · released 2025-07-11 (15 months) · snapshot 2026-10-24

Not ranked · benchmark data missingopen weights
Intelligence index
12.70
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)
$0.57 / $2.30
End-to-end time
12.3s
Better than…

Is Kimi K2 on the Pareto frontier, and what beats it?

Not ranked · benchmark data missing

Kimi K2 does not report both selected axis metrics.

At a glance

Kimi K2 today

Time to first answer1.94s
Output speed48 tok/s
Context window128k
Input modalitiesText
Not plotted

Incomplete benchmark data

Intelligence and benchmark cost are both required to place this model on the frontier. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Intelligence index
12.70
Benchmark cost
Not reported
Input / 1M tokens
0.57
Output / 1M tokens
2.30
Context window
128k

Intelligence: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Cost: total cost to run that benchmark, so reasoning tokens count. API id: kimi-k2.

Matchup

Compare head to head

Deciding

Should you use Kimi K2?

Should you use Kimi K2?

No verdict: it does not report both intelligence and benchmark cost.

What is better and cheaper than Kimi K2?

Other models on the intelligence-vs-cost frontier

How much does Kimi K2 cost?

$0.57/$2.30 in/out per 1M tokens, and - to run the full Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the honest all-in number for reasoning models.

Frontier membership by axis pair

Other axis pairs where Kimi K2 is Pareto-optimal.

Y axisX axisOn the frontier
AA intelligence indexAA total cost to run (USD)no data
AA intelligence indexEnd-to-end total seconds
AA intelligence indexOutput speed tokens/sec
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