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Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo

Last verified August 3, 2026 · Moonshot pricing ↗

$1.15/1M input · $8.00/1M output · 262K context · Moonshot

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo last cost $1.15 per 1M input tokens and $8.00 per 1M output tokens from Moonshot, with a 262K-token context window. A typical chat reply (1,500 tokens in, 400 out) costs $0.0049, or $49.25 per 10,000 requests.

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Moonshot has shut Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo down. You cannot buy it at the rate below. The price is kept so past spend and old estimates still reconcile, and it is excluded from the calculator’s default model list and from every ranking.

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What Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo Costs Per Request

At $1.15 per 1M input and $8.00 per 1M output tokens, before caching or batch discounts.

WorkloadInput / output tokensPer requestPer 10,000 requests
Chat reply1,500 / 400$0.0049$49.25
RAG answer over retrieved docs8,000 / 600$0.014$140.00
Coding-agent step30,000 / 2,000$0.051$505.00

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Similarly Priced Models

Nearest buyable models by price, with the RAG answer above (8,000 in / 600 out) priced on each.

ModelInput /1MOutput /1MContextRAG answer
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo Moonshot$1.15$8.00262K$0.014
Kimi K3.1 Pro Moonshot$2.00$10.001.0M$0.022
Qwen3.6-Max-Preview Alibaba$1.30$7.80262K$0.015
Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral$1.50$7.50256K$0.017

Alternatives to Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo

Pricing Details

MoonshotRETIRED: discontinued May 25, 2026 with the rest of the Kimi K2 series. Moonshot's model list records it as no longer maintained or supported. Listed for historical cost comparison only. The speed-tier successor is kimi-k2.7-code-highspeed at $1.90/$8.00 (~180 tok/s); the like-for-like quality replacement is kimi-k2.6 at $0.95/$4.00. Estimated tokens.
Input / 1M tokens
$1.15
Output / 1M tokens
$8
Context Window
262K
Max Output
33K

Price History

No price change recorded since 2026-08-03, when this site started tracking this model.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo pricing and usage

How much does Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo cost?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo costs $1.15 per 1 million input tokens and $8 per 1 million output tokens. This pricing is set by Moonshot.
What tokenizer does Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo use?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo uses the cl100k_base tokenizer. This tokenizer has a vocabulary of ~100,000 tokens and is widely used across many models.
What is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo's context window?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo supports a context window of 262K tokens (262,144 tokens). The maximum output length is 33K tokens.
How does Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo compare to other models?
On an 8,000-token-in, 600-token-out RAG answer, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo costs $0.014 per request. The nearest-priced alternatives cost: Kimi K3.1 Pro (Moonshot) $0.022, Qwen3.6-Max-Preview (Alibaba) $0.015, Mistral Medium 3.5 (Mistral) $0.017. The table above lists their full rates and context windows.
How do I count tokens for Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo?
Use the token counter at the top of this page or visit the homepage calculator. Paste your text and it will show the exact token count and cost for Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo using the cl100k_base tokenizer.