Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.5
A one trillion parameter open-source Mixture-of-Experts model featuring agent swarm capabilities.
Our editorial assessment as of Jun 4, 2026, based on the public sources listed below.
Overall rank
#25
Tier
A
Score
81.0
Main category
Overall
Strengths
- A top-tier open-source competitor from China.
- Strong performance in agentic automation and tool use.
- Cost-effective API pricing.
Considerations
- As an open-source model, may trail the absolute frontier of proprietary models.
- Less ecosystem support compared to models from OpenAI or Google.
Price
API $0.60 / 1M tokens (input), $3.00 / 1M tokens (output)
Score breakdown
Performance
82.0
Reputation
84.0
Price
80.0
Recency
90.0
Verification status
Each field carries its own re-verification date. Amber means older than 90 days — treat those figures as stale until re-checked.
Sources
- Top 5 LLMs for March 2026 - AlphaCorp (Kimi K2.5 #5 open-weight)Accessed: 2026-06-03
- 15 Best AI Models in 2026 - FluenceAccessed: 2026-06-03
- Pluralsight - Best AI models in 2026Accessed: 2026-05-26
- TeamDay.ai Frontier AI Models 2026Accessed: 2026-05-26
- The 2026 AI Index ReportAccessed: 2026-04-30
- AI Leaderboard 2026Accessed: 2026-04-20