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Kimi K2.5 — Benchmark Scores, Pricing & Performance Analysis

FLAGSHIPMoonshot AI
Output Speed
45 tok/s
Input Cost
$0.45/1M
Output Cost
$2.3/1M
Context Window
262K
Max Output
16K
Knowledge Cutoff
Jan 2025
Accepts
text, image

Kimi K2.5 by Moonshot AI demonstrates competitive pricing. View detailed benchmark data including scores across coding, math, reasoning, speed, and cost metrics.

Specifications last checked against the provider on . Benchmark scores carry their own source, linked beside each number.

Coding Benchmarks

AA Coding Index
46.850th of 96

Artificial Analysis composite coding score

Artificial Analysis (via OpenRouter)
Website Arena ELO
126130th of 108

Human preference ELO for building a working web page from a brief

Design Arena (via OpenRouter)
Design Arena ELO
122833rd of 120

Human preference ELO for building things — websites, UI, games, charts, SVG

Design Arena (via OpenRouter)

Reasoning Benchmarks

τ²-Bench Airline
71.2%44th of 93

Multi-turn service agent making tool calls under strict policy constraints

OpenRouter (measured)
GPQA Diamond
84.9%36th of 140

Graduate-level science Q&A by domain experts

Papers

Speed Benchmarks

Time to First Token
1210 ms83rd of 92

Latency before first token arrives

Aggregated
Output Speed
45 tok/s83rd of 94

Tokens generated per second

Aggregated

Cost Benchmarks

Input Cost
$0.45239th of 413

Cost per 1M input tokens

OpenRouter API
Output Cost
$2.3260th of 413

Cost per 1M output tokens

OpenRouter API
Cached Input Cost
$0.0752nd of 136

Cost per 1M cached input tokens — the price that actually applies to a long agent conversation

OpenRouter API

Context Benchmarks

Context Length
262K108th of 451

Maximum context window size

OpenRouter API

Available from 44 providers

The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. You can bring your own key for 8 of these — connect it here.

ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MCached inContextYour key
Alibaba Coding Plan$0$0$0262K—
Alibaba Coding Plan (China)$0$0$0262K—
Alibaba Token Plan$0$0$0262K—
Alibaba Token Plan (China)$0$0$0262K—
SCNet Token Plan$0$0$0262K—
Tencent Coding Plan (China)$0$0$0262K—
NanoGPT$0.3$1.9$0.15256K—
DevPass (LLM Gateway)$0.405$1.98$0.225262K—
Deep Infra$0.45$2.25$0.07262KSupported
Meganova$0.45$2.8—262K—
OpenRouter$0.45$2.25$0.07262KSupported
Cortecs$0.495$2.768$0.124262K—
Auriko$0.5$2.8—262K—
DigitalOcean$0.5$2.7$0.203262K—
TensorX$0.5$2.8$0.125262K—
Together AI$0.5$2.8—262KSupported
Charm Hyper$0.5584$2.935$0.2792262K—
Venice AI$0.56$3.5$0.22256K—
ZenMux$0.58$3.02$0.1262K—
Abacus$0.6$3—262K—
AIHubMix$0.6$3$0.1262K—
Amazon Bedrock$0.6$3—262KSupported
Azure$0.6$3—262KSupported
Azure Cognitive Services$0.6$3—262K—
Baseten$0.6$3$0.12262KSupported
DaoXE$0.6$3$0.1262K—
Eden AI$0.6$3—262K—
FrogBot$0.6$3$0.1256K—
HPC-AI$0.6$3$0.1256K—
Hugging Face$0.6$3$0.1262KSupported
Jalapeno Cloud$0.6$3—262K—
Jiekou.AI$0.6$3—262K—
Kilo Gateway$0.6$3$0.1262K—
LLM Gateway$0.6$3$0.1262K—
Merge Gateway$0.6$3$0.1262K—
NovitaAI$0.6$3$0.1262K—
Ofox$0.6$3$0.1262K—
OpenCode Go$0.6$3$0.1262K—
OpenCode Zen$0.6$3$0.08262K—
OrcaRouter$0.6$3$0.1262K—
Poe$0.6$3$0.1128K—
Vercel AI Gateway$0.6$3$0.1262KSupported
302.AI$0.66$3.3—262K—
Ollama Cloud———262K—

Kimi K2.5 — Benchmark Scores Overview

Scores normalized to percentage scale for visual comparison. ELO scores mapped to 0-100 range (1100-1500).

Kimi K2.5 — Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Kimi K2.5 cost?

Kimi K2.5 costs $0.45 per 1M input tokens and $2.3 per 1M output tokens. This makes it one of the more affordable models.

How fast is Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 generates output at 45 tokens per second, which is slower, prioritizing quality over speed compared to other models. The time to first token is 1210 ms.

What is the context window of Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 has a context window of 262K tokens. This determines how much text, conversation history, and code the model can process in a single request.

Who created Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 was created by Moonshot AI. It is classified as a flagship model in our catalogue.

Is Kimi K2.5 open source?

No, Kimi K2.5 is a proprietary model. It is available through Moonshot AI's API and compatible providers.