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Why use Kimi K2.6 on NVIDIA NIM?
NVIDIA NIM offers Kimi K2.6 with competitive pricing. NVIDIA NIM is NVIDIA's deployment platform for GPU-accelerated inference microservices.
Compare Kimi K2.6 across 8 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
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moonshotai/kimi-k2.6.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "moonshotai/kimi-k2.6", not the LLMReference slug "kimi-k2-6".
Compare Kimi K2.6 Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare Workers AI | $0.95 | $4.00 |
| NVIDIA NIM | — | — |
| Moonshot AI Kimi | $0.95 | $4.00 |
| Fireworks AI | $0.95 | $4.00 |
| OpenRouter | $0.73 | $3.49 |
Pricing
| Type | Rate |
|---|---|
| GPU Hour Rate | $1.00/GPU·hr |
| Image input | $1.00 |
| Video input | $1.00 |
Capabilities
About Kimi K2.6
Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot AI's multimodal agentic coding model, released April 20 2026 under a Modified MIT license. Built on a 1-trillion-parameter MoE architecture (32B active, 384 experts with 8 selected per token plus 1 shared expert, 61 layers), it features a 262K context window and up to 65,536 output tokens. Supports native image and video inputs (screenshots, PDFs, spreadsheets). Designed for long-horizon coding with agent swarms of up to 300 sub-agents and 4,000 coordinated steps; Moonshot AI cites 200–300 sequential tool calls without task drift. Key benchmarks: SWE-bench Verified 80.2%, SWE-bench Pro 58.6%, LiveCodeBench v6 89.6%, GPQA Diamond 90.5%, Terminal-Bench 2.0 66.7%. Chatbot Arena Elo 1454 (2026-04-28 snapshot).
FAQ
What is the context window for Kimi K2.6 on NVIDIA NIM?
Kimi K2.6 supports a 262k token context window on NVIDIA NIM.
How does NVIDIA NIM compare to other Kimi K2.6 providers?
Kimi K2.6 is available from 8 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $0.73/1M tokens from OpenRouter.
What API model ID do I use for Kimi K2.6 on NVIDIA NIM?
Use the model ID moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 when calling NVIDIA NIM's API.
Who created Kimi K2.6?
Kimi K2.6 was created by Moonshot AI as part of the Kimi K2 model family.
Is Kimi K2.6 open source?
Kimi K2.6 is open source under MIT according to the seed data.