--- title: "Moonshot Kimi family — distinct SKUs · Undominated.ai" canonical: https://undominated.ai/families/kimi/ description: "Kimi generations and Thinking-labelled rows are distinct. Check the exact model’s reasoning, tool-message and licence requirements before migrating an integration." --- # Moonshot Kimi family — distinct SKUs · Undominated.ai > Kimi generations and Thinking-labelled rows are distinct. Check the exact model’s reasoning, tool-message and licence requirements before migrating an integration. Moonshot AI / lineage # Moonshot Kimi family Kimi generations and Thinking-labelled rows are distinct. Check the exact model’s reasoning, tool-message and licence requirements before migrating an integration. Family research reviewed 2026-09-22 · Official source notes below Standard models 7 Independently rated 3 / 7 Known token rates 7 / 7 Global balanced frontier 0 [Compare the members ↓](#members)[Read source notes](#source-notes)[All families](https://undominated.ai/families/) [Compare models](https://undominated.ai/compare/) Comparison context Choose up to three standard models in Compare. Requirements and prompt length apply in Compare. This page keeps its stated price basis and workload controls. ## Before you choose ### Preserve the conversation contract K3 documents always-enabled thinking and requires complete assistant messages, including reasoning_content and tool_calls, in multi-turn and tool conversations. Verify the serving API implements that contract. [Official Kimi K3 card ↗](https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K3) ## Compare exact catalogue rows USD per 1M tokens. In / out are listed base rates; expand billing conditions before planning a request. LMArena scores measure the general preference board, not success on your engineering task. Unknown stays unknown. ### Catalogue members | Model | LMArena | Input / output $/M | Context / max output | Capabilities & conditions | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Kimi K3](https://undominated.ai/models/moonshotai__kimi-k3/) [Check](https://undominated.ai/check/moonshotai__kimi-k3/) [Compare](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=moonshotai%2Fkimi-k3) [Full evidence ↗](https://undominated.ai/models/moonshotai__kimi-k3/) moonshotai/kimi-k3 | 1472.3 ±5.2 interval half-width Effort: max | $3.00 / $15.00 Listed base rates Billing details Cached input $0.300 Separate reasoning Not separately listed Tool, media, cache-write and service-tier charges may add dimensions. Read the full model evidence. | 1,048,576 Output 943,718 | text · image · video Tools yes · reasoning yes Open weights Released 2026-07-16 | | [Kimi K2.7 Code](https://undominated.ai/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2.7-code/) [Check](https://undominated.ai/check/moonshotai__kimi-k2.7-code/) [Compare](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=moonshotai%2Fkimi-k2.7-code) [Full evidence ↗](https://undominated.ai/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2.7-code/) moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code | Unrated | $0.706 / $3.30 Listed base rates Billing details Cached input $0.180 Separate reasoning Not separately listed Tool, media, cache-write and service-tier charges may add dimensions. Read the full model evidence. | 262,144 Output 235,929 | text · image Tools yes · reasoning yes Open weights Released 2026-06-12 | | [Kimi K2.6](https://undominated.ai/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2.6/) [Check](https://undominated.ai/check/moonshotai__kimi-k2.6/) [Compare](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=moonshotai%2Fkimi-k2.6) [Full evidence ↗](https://undominated.ai/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2.6/) moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | 1454.9 ±4.5 interval half-width Effort: default | $0.950 / $4.00 Listed base rates Billing details Cached input $0.160 Separate reasoning Not separately listed Tool, media, cache-write and service-tier charges may add dimensions. Read the full model evidence. | 262,144 Output 235,929 | text · image Tools yes · reasoning yes Weights unknown Released 2026-04-20 | | [Kimi K2.5](https://undominated.ai/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2.5/) [Check](https://undominated.ai/check/moonshotai__kimi-k2.5/) [Compare](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=moonshotai%2Fkimi-k2.5) [Full evidence ↗](https://undominated.ai/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2.5/) moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 | 1445.6 ±3.3 interval half-width Effort: thinking | $0.450 / $2.25 Listed base rates Billing details Cached input $0.070 Separate reasoning Not separately listed Tool, media, cache-write and service-tier charges may add dimensions. Read the full model evidence. | 262,144 Output 235,929 | text · image Tools yes · reasoning yes Weights unknown Released 2026-01-27 | | [Kimi K2 Thinking](https://undominated.ai/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2-thinking/) [Check](https://undominated.ai/check/moonshotai__kimi-k2-thinking/) [Compare](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=moonshotai%2Fkimi-k2-thinking) [Full evidence ↗](https://undominated.ai/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2-thinking/) moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking | Unrated | $0.600 / $2.50 Listed base rates Billing details Cached input $0.150 Separate reasoning Not separately listed Tool, media, cache-write and service-tier charges may add dimensions. Read the full model evidence. | 262,144 Output 98,304 | text Tools yes · reasoning yes Weights unknown Released 2025-11-06 | | [Kimi K2 0905](https://undominated.ai/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2-0905/) [Check](https://undominated.ai/check/moonshotai__kimi-k2-0905/) [Compare](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=moonshotai%2Fkimi-k2-0905) [Full evidence ↗](https://undominated.ai/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2-0905/) moonshotai/kimi-k2-0905 | Unrated | $0.600 / $2.50 Listed base rates Billing details Cached input Unknown Separate reasoning Not separately listed Tool, media, cache-write and service-tier charges may add dimensions. Read the full model evidence. | 262,144 Output 98,304 | text Tools yes · reasoning no Weights unknown Released 2025-09-04 | | [Kimi K2 0711](https://undominated.ai/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2/) [Check](https://undominated.ai/check/moonshotai__kimi-k2/) [Compare](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=moonshotai%2Fkimi-k2) [Full evidence ↗](https://undominated.ai/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2/) moonshotai/kimi-k2 | Unrated | $0.570 / $2.30 Listed base rates Billing details Cached input Unknown Separate reasoning Not separately listed Tool, media, cache-write and service-tier charges may add dimensions. Read the full model evidence. | 131,072 Output 98,304 | text Tools yes · reasoning no Weights unknown Released 2025-07-11 | ## Free and batch variants These rows have different access or processing conditions. They are excluded from the standard-row counts above. A variant without a standard base remains a separately named variant. - [Kimi K3 (batch)](https://undominated.ai/models/moonshotai__kimi-k3__batch/) batch · $2.28 in / $11.40 out per 1M ## Sources and scope - [Official Kimi K3 card ↗](https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K3) Exact named models on the vendor platform; not a promise about every reseller Checked 2026-09-22 · official document opened and inspected Source review does not refresh a price or transplant a benchmark score. [Read the method](https://undominated.ai/methodology/) and [correction policy](https://undominated.ai/corrections/). ## Questions this page answers Are the Moonshot Kimi family models interchangeable? No. These are exact catalogue rows with separate capability, pricing and rating evidence. Compare the checkpoint, serving endpoint, reasoning settings and required input types. A family name does not establish equivalent behaviour. How many Moonshot AI rows are compared here? 7 standard rows, of which 3 have an accepted LMArena general score and 7 have known input and output token rates. 1 related free or batch variants are listed separately. What do the prices and frontier counts mean? Prices below are listed US dollars per million input or output tokens, before request-specific context tiers and other billing dimensions. The frontier count comes from the global balanced view. Neither a family price range nor a benchmark difference proves your task will be cheaper or more successful. How current are the official notes? The linked family research was reviewed 2026-09-22. That date is separate from each accepted catalogue observation and each vendor’s effective date. An official note applies to its named platform, not automatically to every reseller. ## Continue your investigation - [Compare exact models](/compare/) - [Inspect model evidence](/models/) - [Check lifecycle notices](/deprecations/) - [Estimate local capacity](/self-host/)