Kimi K2.6 vs Kimi K2.7 Code
Prices checked
Kimi K2.6 takes 1 of 5 rounds against Kimi K2.7 Code. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.74 per million tokens against $1.28.
Moonshot AIWins 1 roundKimi K2.6
262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
$0.74/M tokensCheapest price, at Chutes · $0.34 per 1,000 pages
Moonshot AIKimi K2.7 Code
262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
$1.28/M tokensCheapest price, at StreamLake · $0.61 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.95/M
$0.95/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$4/M
$4/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.74/M at Chutes
$1.28/M at StreamLake
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$1.71/M
$1.71/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.34
$0.61
Context
262k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
20 Apr 2026
12 Jun 2026
Providers selling it
77
67
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
not published
Providers selling both · 49
- routing.run$0.48 / $0.48
TrustedRouter$0.87 / $1.39
StreamLake$1.08 / $1.28
NanoGPT$0.70 / $1.71
Cortecs$1.10 / $1.32
LLM Gateway$1.21 / $1.32
CoreWeave$1.34 / $1.20
CoreWeave$1.34 / $1.20
Kimi K2.6, then Kimi K2.7 Code, per million tokens; the 8 cheapest of 49.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
Inceptron · 3% dearer · $0.68 / $3.50 $0.62 / $3.50- Inceptron · 3% dearer · $0.68 / $3.50 $0.62 / $3.50
io.net Intelligence · 0.6% dearer · $0.76 / $3.58 $0.74 / $3.58- NanoGPT · 5% cheaper · $0.39 / $1.64 $0.39 / $1.80
Nous Portal · 80% dearer · $0.65 / $3.41 $0.39 / $1.80routing.run · 70% cheaper ·
$0.28 / $1.10 $0.89 / $3.74
Eden AI · 0.3% dearer · $0.86 / $4.30 $0.86 / $4.29- Inceptron · 11% dearer · $0.60 / $3.50 $0.56 / $3.10
- Inceptron · 11% dearer · $0.60 / $3.50 $0.56 / $3.10
- io.net Intelligence · 3% dearer · $0.82 / $3.76 $0.80 / $3.62
Melious · 12% cheaper ·
$0.61 / $3.29 $0.73 / $3.64routing.run · 70% cheaper ·
$0.28 / $1.10 $0.89 / $3.74Melious · 5% dearer ·
$0.67 / $4.01 $0.79 / $3.36- NanoGPT · 195% dearer · $1.50 / $5.25 $0.45 / $1.95
- CoreWeave · 15% cheaper · $0.60 / $3 $0.71 / $3.50
- NanoGPT · 28% dearer · $0.95 / $4 $0.67 / $3.35
- CoreWeave · 15% cheaper · $0.60 / $3 $0.71 / $3.50
Baidu · 111% dearer · $0.95 / $4 $0.45 / $1.89
Chutes · 10% cheaper · $0.39 / $1.80 $0.45 / $1.95- Chutes · 10% cheaper · $0.39 / $1.80 $0.45 / $1.95
- Eden AI · 51% dearer · $1.20 / $4.50 $0.67 / $3.36
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.6 or Kimi K2.7 Code?
- Kimi K2.6, at $0.74 per million tokens against $1.28 for Kimi K2.7 Code, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Kimi K2.6: $0.74 at Chutes. Kimi K2.7 Code: $1.28 at StreamLake.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 49 providers sell both: routing.run, TrustedRouter, StreamLake, NanoGPT, Cortecs, LLM Gateway, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is routing.run.
- Which holds more context?
- Both hold 262k tokens in one call.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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