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MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 ranks #24 of 85 models by Artificial Analysis quality score (45.1) at $1.04/1M tokens blended - and ranks #39 of 291 by average real OpenRouter usage share over the trailing 35-day window (0.51%).

  1. Quality (Intelligence Index) - 45.1
  2. Coding index - 61.8
  3. Agentic index - 31.2
  4. Price (blended $/1M) - 1.04
  5. Context window - 262,144
  6. Usage rank - #39 of 291
  7. Providers - 0
  8. Open/closed - open
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Usage share over time

1.12%0.84%0.56%0.28%0.00%Share of usageJul 5Jul 19Aug 8

What MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 is actually used for

Share of each real task category's classified traffic this model handles, from OpenRouter's task classification.

TaskShare of task traffic
Finance & Trading4.9%

Frequently asked questions

What is MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6's quality score?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 scores 45.1 on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index, ranking #24 of 85 models with a published score.

How much does MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 cost?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 costs $1.04 per 1M tokens (blended 75% prompt / 25% completion pricing).

Is MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 widely used?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 ranks #39 of 291 models by average real OpenRouter usage share, averaging 0.51% of classified token volume over the trailing 35-day window.

Is MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 open-weight or closed?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 is an open-weight model.

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of August 9, 2026.

Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).

Methodology: smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

Token counts originate from each provider's own tokenizer and are not directly comparable across providers.