Kimi K2 Thinking
What the vendor claims, next to what independent boards measured. The two are never mixed in one column.
At a glance
- Maker
- MoonshotAI
- Price per 1M tokens
- $0.6 in · $2.5 out
- Context window
- 262K
- Input → output
- text → text
- Added to OpenRouter
- Nov 6, 2025
Source: OpenRouter, as of Oct 28, 09:19 UTC. Model page on OpenRouter
What the vendor claims
Quoted word for word from the vendor's own launch post or model card. Claims, not measurements.
No vendor claims recorded yet. They come from launch posts and model cards the Drops covered.
Independent results
Measured by independent sources (Epoch AI, LMArena, OpenRouter's benchmark runs, τ²-bench, Vectara), not by the vendor. "Listed as" is the source's own name for the model, so you can check our match.
| Board | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter · GPQA DiamondListed as: Kimi K2 Thinkingvia Novita, the most accurate providerSource: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai), licensed under CC BY 4.0, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source | 89.1%Accuracy | 52 |
| OpenRouter · GPQA Diamond: cost per taskListed as: Kimi K2 Thinkingvia Novita, the most accurate providerLower is better on this board.Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai), licensed under CC BY 4.0, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source | $0.11Cost per task | 38 |
| OpenRouter · GPQA Diamond: time per taskListed as: Kimi K2 Thinkingvia Novita, the most accurate providerLower is better on this board.Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai), licensed under CC BY 4.0, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source | 16.2 minTime per task | 60 |
| OpenRouter · τ²-bench airlineListed as: Kimi K2 Thinkingvia Novita, the most accurate providerSource: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai), licensed under CC BY 4.0, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source | 74.7%Accuracy | 54 |
| OpenRouter · τ²-bench airline: cost per taskListed as: Kimi K2 Thinkingvia Novita, the most accurate providerLower is better on this board.Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai), licensed under CC BY 4.0, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source | $0.052Cost per task | 19 |
| OpenRouter · τ²-bench airline: time per taskListed as: Kimi K2 Thinkingvia Novita, the most accurate providerLower is better on this board.Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai), licensed under CC BY 4.0, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source | 256 sTime per task | 36 |
Price history
OpenRouter's list price per 1M tokens in each of our snapshots.
- Output now $2.5
- Input now $0.6
Unchanged across our 29 snapshots.
Show the numbers
| Snapshot | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 09:22 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 27, 16:03 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 27, 04:03 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 26, 16:04 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 26, 04:03 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 25, 16:04 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 25, 06:03 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 24, 15:04 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 24, 03:03 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 23, 15:03 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 23, 03:04 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 22, 15:03 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 22, 05:04 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 21, 15:03 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 21, 03:02 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 20, 15:04 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 20, 03:03 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 19, 15:04 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 19, 10:50 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 18, 15:03 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 18, 03:05 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 17, 15:03 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 17, 03:03 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 16, 15:02 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 16, 03:03 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 15, 17:02 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 15, 03:02 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 14, 15:03 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
| Oct 14, 03:02 UTC | $0.6 | $2.5 |
Source: OpenRouter, as of Oct 28, 09:22 UTC
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