Kimi K2.6 vs MiniMax M2.5
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Kimi K2.6
$0.28 / $1.10 · 262,144 ctx · 68 providers
MiniMaxActive
MiniMax M2.5
$0.27 / $0.95 · 204,800 ctx · 2 providers
01Differences
At a glance
Computed automatically from tracked data.
• Kimi K2.6's input price is 2% lower than MiniMax M2.5's ($0.28 vs $0.27 per 1M).
• Kimi K2.6's output price is 14% lower than MiniMax M2.5's ($1.10 vs $0.95 per 1M).
• Kimi K2.6 has a 1.3× larger context window (262,144 vs 204,800 tokens).
• They differ in open weights (Kimi K2.6: Yes, MiniMax M2.5: No).
02Specs
Side by side
03Prices
Common providers
04History
Recent changes
Kimi K2.6
2026-09-14 — Added melious
2026-09-14 — Price up ollama-cloud
2026-09-14 — Price up ollama-cloud
2026-09-12 — Added llmgateway-providers
2026-09-08 — Added 302ai
MiniMax M2.5
2026-07-03 — Price cut venice
2026-07-03 — Price cut venice
2026-03-16 — Price cut venice
2026-03-16 — Price cut venice
2026-03-12 — Context venice