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Kimi K2.6

Moonshot · Kimi line · flagship · open weights

Released April 20, 2026Replaced by Kimi K3

Kimi K2.6 was released by Moonshot on April 20, 2026, as an open-weights flagship model in the Kimi line.

  • Release 5 of 6 in the Kimi line.
  • Came 83 days after Kimi K2.5, released Jan 27, 2026.
  • Replaced by Kimi K3 on July 16, 2026, 87 days later.
  • These days the line ships a new model about every 82 days.

No detailed card for this model: we only add numbers published by the maker or by independent benchmarks. Sources: Kimi · Hugging Face · The Decoder

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Where the Kimi line stands

Kimi K3 is the current model in this line. The card shows how long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.

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Kimi K3

Moonshot · Kimi line · flagship · open weights
Past its usual gap86 days since the last release — usual gap is 82

Kimi K3 replaces Kimi K2.6 with a 2.8-trillion-parameter open model whose context window is four times larger (1M tokens) and whose API price is more than three times higher.

Released Jul 16, 2026 · what changed →
Days since last release
Kimi K3 · Jul 16, 2026
86
days
Usual gap
82
days
Recent gaps
Kimi K3 · Jul 2026
87
Kimi K2.6 · Apr 2026
83
Kimi K2.5 · Jan 2026
82
Kimi K2 Thinking · Nov 2025
62

Every Kimi release

Newest first. See the full line with every card →

  1. Jul 16, 2026Kimi K3
  2. Apr 20, 2026Kimi K2.6 · this page
  3. Jan 27, 2026Kimi K2.5
  4. Nov 6, 2025Kimi K2 Thinking
  5. Sep 5, 2025Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
  6. Jul 11, 2025Kimi K2