Kimi K2 Instruct
Kimi K2 Instruct is worth evaluating for rag, long context, and classification when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating rag, long context, and classification
- Workloads that can use a 131k context window
- Buyers comparing 4 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
Cheapest of 5 routes · Novita AI
About
Kimi K2 Instruct is an instruction-tuned language model from Moonshot AI, available via Fireworks AI.
Kimi K2 Instruct is an open-source model in the Kimi K2 family. The structured metadata tracks reasoning and structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through Fireworks AI, Together AI, NVIDIA NIM, and 2 more, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.57 input and $2.3 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for Kimi K2 Instruct yet.
Top use-case fit
RAG
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Long context
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Classification
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 5Compare API pricing across 4 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novita AI | $0.570 | $2.30 | Serverless |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.570 | $2.30 | Serverless |
| Fireworks AI | $0.600 | $2.50 | Serverless |
| Together AI | $1.20 | $4.50 | Serverless |
Available via routers & gateways(2)
OpenRouter
HybridUnified hybrid gateway to 400+ models from 60+ providers via a single OpenAI-compatible API, with optional auto-routing that selects the best model per prompt.
NVIDIA LLM Router Blueprint
RouterNVIDIA's open-source AI blueprint for LLM routing that selects the optimal model per prompt via intent classification or neural auto-routing; being deprecated 2026-06-20.
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor RAG
No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Kimi K2 Instruct?
Kimi K2 Instruct has a context window of 131k tokens.
How much does Kimi K2 Instruct cost?
Kimi K2 Instruct pricing ranges from $0.57/1M to $1.20/1M input tokens depending on the provider.
When was Kimi K2 Instruct released?
Kimi K2 Instruct was released on 2025-09-05.
Which providers offer Kimi K2 Instruct?
Kimi K2 Instruct is available from 5 providers: Fireworks AI, Together AI, NVIDIA NIM, Vercel AI Gateway, Novita AI.
Cheapest of 5 routes · Novita AI