Intelligence
33
score
Kimi K2 Thinking scores 33 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it …
vs class avg: 25
Kimi•Open weights•November 6, 2025
Kimi K2 Thinking
Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Source:Artificial Analysis scrapeType:Open weights
Speed
160.2
output tokens/sec
Kimi K2 Thinking generates output at 160.2 tokens per second (based on the median across providers …
Latency
1.26s
TTFT
Kimi K2 Thinking has a time to first token (TTFT) of 1.26s (based on the median across providers …
Input Price
$0.60
/ 1M tokens
Kimi K2 Thinking costs $0.60 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0. …
Output Price
$2.50
/ 1M tokens
Kimi K2 Thinking costs $0.60 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0. …
Decision Overview
Ethen's intelligence-driven routing assessment for this model
Overall verdict
Frontier research / complex reasoning
Reserve this model for the hardest requests; simpler or repetitive work should stay on cheaper routes.
Best for
- Complex reasoning
- Research synthesis
- Hard coding tasks
- Multi-step agentic workflows
- Low-latency chat
- Interactive turn-taking
Weak or unsuitable
- High-volume chat
- Simple classification
- Cost-sensitive pipelines
- Predictable high-volume throughput
Routing recommendation
1
Cheaper routes for predictable extraction, labeling, or summarization
2
Cache-backed reuse for repeated prompts
Cost pressure
Moderate pricing — $0.60 / M input, $2.50 / M output. Costs are manageable, but volume should still be reviewed.
Model-fit matrix
Use this model where capability pays for itself; route away where volume, latency, or budget dominate.
| Use case | Fit | Reason | Routing note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complex reasoning & agentic workflows | Excellent | Intelligence score 33 places this model among top performers. Suitable for multi-step analysis and agentic loops. | Route complex tasks here; reserve simpler queries for cheaper models. |
| High-volume chat & customer-facing | Excellent | Output speed 160.2 tokens/sec and capable intelligence make this suitable for real-time chat at scale. | Ideal for interactive chat; enable caching for repeated queries. |
| Latency-sensitive applications | Strong | TTFT 1.26s — adequate latency for most interactive use cases. | Suitable for real-time; test with your specific workload. |
| Cost-sensitive pipelines | Moderate | Output pricing at $2.50 is premium. Route high-volume simple tasks to cheaper alternatives. | Use only for high-value tasks; route simple queries to budget models. |
Cost pressure
MediumPricing is moderate — input $0.60, output $2.50. Costs accumulate at volume but are manageable for valuable tasks.
Cheaper substitutes
- Cheaper routes for predictable extraction, labeling, or summarization
Route away when
- Predictable high-volume throughput
- Non-critical classification and extraction
Highlights
Key benchmark results at a glance.
Intelligence
Intelligence position
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Kimi K2 Thinking scores 33 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other open weight models of similar size (median: 25).
Speed
Speed position
Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Kimi K2 Thinking generates output at 160.2 tokens per second (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is well above average compared to other open weight models of similar size (median: 61.7 t/s).
Context, Cost & Pricing
Price/value position
Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Pricing is moderate — input $0.60, output $2.50. Costs accumulate at volume but are manageable for valuable tasks.
Intelligence & Quality
Benchmark scores and quality indices measuring model capability.
AA-Omniscience Index
AA-Omniscience Index (higher is better) measures knowledge reliability and hallucination. It rewards correct answers, penalizes hallucinations, and has no penalty for refusing to answer. Scores range from -100 to 100, where 0 means as many correct as incorrect answers, and negative scores mean more incorrect than correct. · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Source and methodology are summarized below
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
Bars intentionally show many models at once so the page feels like a benchmark report rather than a dashboard.
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Source and methodology are summarized below
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Source and methodology are summarized below
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Score
Openness Index assesses model openness on a 0 to 100 normalized scale (higher is more open) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Source and methodology are summarized below
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
Bars intentionally show many models at once so the page feels like a benchmark report rather than a dashboard.
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Source and methodology are summarized below
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
Speed & Throughput
Output tokens per second and generation throughput.
Output Speed
Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Source and methodology are summarized below
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
Speed should be read together with latency and cost; fast output does not always mean better user-perceived performance.
Speed
Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Source and methodology are summarized below
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
Speed should be read together with latency and cost; fast output does not always mean better user-perceived performance.
Latency & Response Time
Time to first token and end-to-end response latency.
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 tokens, including reasoning model 'thinking' time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Source and methodology are summarized below
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
Bars intentionally show many models at once so the page feels like a benchmark report rather than a dashboard.
Latency: Time To First Answer Token
Seconds to first answer token received · Accounts for reasoning model 'thinking' time · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Source and methodology are summarized below
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
Latency includes thinking / reasoning time when applicable. Lower is better for interactive use cases.
Context, Cost & Pricing
Context window size, cost per task, and token pricing.
Context Window
Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Source and methodology are summarized below
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
Larger context windows enable complex multi-turn tasks but may increase latency and cost for long inputs.
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Source and methodology are summarized below
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
Ethen Gateway should route away from this model when the task is simple, repetitive, or likely to generate many output tokens.
Cost per Task
Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Source and methodology are summarized below
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
Ethen Gateway should route away from this model when the task is simple, repetitive, or likely to generate many output tokens.
Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Cost (USD) to run all evaluations in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Source and methodology are summarized below
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
Ethen Gateway should route away from this model when the task is simple, repetitive, or likely to generate many output tokens.
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Price (USD per M Tokens) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Source and methodology are summarized below
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
Bars intentionally show many models at once so the page feels like a benchmark report rather than a dashboard.
Time per Intelligence Index Task
Weighted average decode time (minutes) per task; excludes TTFT and overhead time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Source and methodology are summarized below
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
Architecture & Scale
Model size, parameters, and architectural details.
Model Size: Total and Active Parameters
Comparison between total model parameters and parameters active during inference · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Source and methodology are summarized below
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
Larger models generally perform better but cost more to serve. Active parameter count matters for inference efficiency.
Specifications
Technical Specifications
Kimi K2 Thinking scores 33 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other open weight models of similar size (median: 25). Kimi K2 Thinking generates output at 160.2 tokens per second (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is well above average compared to other open weight models of similar size (median: 61.7 t/s). Kimi K2 Thinking costs $0.60 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0.59) and $2.50 per 1M output tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $2.20), based on the median across providers serving the model.
Kimi K2 Thinking
- Model type
- Open weights
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Input modalities
- Kimi K2 Thinking supports text input.
- Output modalities
- Kimi K2 Thinking supports text output.
- Context window
- 260k tokens
- Open weights / source
- Yes, Kimi K2 Thinking is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.
- Parameters
- Kimi K2 Thinking has 1 trillion parameters (32 billion active).
- Active parameters
- Kimi K2 Thinking is a Mixture of Experts (MoE) model with 1 trillion total parameters, but only 32 billion active parameters are used during inference.
- License
- Kimi K2 Thinking is released under the Modified MIT License license. This license allows commercial use.
- API availability
- Yes, Kimi K2 Thinking is available via API through 6 providers.
Methodology & Provenance
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Time per Intelligence Index Task: https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/kimi-k2-thinking
Frequently Asked Questions
Kimi K2 Thinking was released on November 6, 2025.
Kimi K2 Thinking was created by Kimi.
Kimi K2 Thinking scores 33 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other open weight models of similar size (median: 25).