Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
AI model by Kimi. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.
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Editorial Analysis
Profile. Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) is a budget-tier option from Kimi at $2.75/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on Coding Index (46.8) and Intelligence Index (23.5) — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.
Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) costs $0.88 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.
Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-10-08.
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