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Kimi K2.6

Catalog entry documented by the provider, with clearly scoped public ranking signals.

Moonshot AIKimiCurrent generationGeneral availability
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Official model ID

kimi-k2.6

Current generation · General availability
Provider
Moonshot AI
Model family
Kimi
Release generation
Current generation
Catalog status
General availability
Identity reviewed
Jul 24, 2026
Lifecycle last verified
Lifecycle source
Lifecycle source
Lifecycle evidence
The linked official Moonshot AI catalog lists the exact model ID kimi-k2.6 as currently available; account, region, product, and endpoint access can still vary.
OpenGPT catalog guidance

Best for

  • Work that combines text with images, audio, or other supported media.
  • Long-context, Chinese, reasoning, coding, and hosted agent workflows.

Strengths

  • The multimodal role is intended to handle more than text-only inputs.
  • Kimi K2.6 is provider-listed as the multimodal release in its model family.

Weaknesses

  • General availability does not guarantee identical capabilities across every product, account, or endpoint.
  • Verify exact capabilities, pricing, latency, context limits, tools, and regional availability with the provider.

Alternatives

These points are OpenGPT decision guidance derived from provider-confirmed family, catalog role, and lifecycle information. They are not measured results for this exact version. Verify capabilities, pricing, latency, context limits, tools, and regional availability with the provider.

Published ranking signals · 1 · User preference

Model family

Family-level guidance

The following summary describes the broader model family from official positioning. It is not a measured result for this exact version.

Model family: Kimi

Kimi

Moonshot AI's hosted family positioned for long-context, Chinese, reasoning, and agent workflows.

Read long documentsWork across languagesRead, analyze, or writeUse current information or tools
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Family strengths

Hosted APIs emphasize long documents and Chinese-language use. Provides reasoning and tool-oriented model options.

Family limitations

Closed hosted access limits deployment control. Availability, naming, and features can vary by region and platform version.

Verify the exact version before choosing: capabilities, price, context limits, latency, tools, and regional availability can differ by provider access path.

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Version differences

Compare two catalog model IDs from one model family. Provider IDs, sources and published ranking signals are shown; OpenGPT catalog classification is labeled separately.
Kimi K2.6 / Kimi K2.5
Version differencesKimi K2.6Kimi K2.5
Official model IDkimi-k2.6kimi-k2.5
Directory statusGeneral availabilityDeprecated
OpenGPT catalog roleMultimodalPrevious
Current public ranking signalsUser preference 45 · 1461User preference 61 · 1450
Provider sourceMoonshot AIMoonshot AI
Model detailsModel detailsModel details

No verified feature-difference data is available. OpenGPT does not infer speed, price, context length, or quality.

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Published ranking signals

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Published ranking signals
Ranking angleSource positionPublished valueIndependent sourceOpen source result
User preferenceAvailable for in-site data comparison451461LMArenaText Style Control · Aug 13, 2026Published configuration: Text · Style control · OverallOpen source resultOfficial identity mapping2026-08 · Aug 13, 2026