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Kimi K2 Thinking (Vertex AI (OpenAI-compatible))
moonshotai·moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking-3·GA·Open weights·kimi-thinking series
Thinking Kimi model for slower research passes, planning, and hard technical questions
At a glance
Reference price$0.60 / $2.50 per 1M
Cache read $0.06 · LLM Gateway
Lowest paid$0.60 / $2.50
LLM Gateway Gateway
Context262,144
Output limit32,768
Capabilities
✓ Reasoning✓ Tool useStructured output✓ TemperatureAttachments
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2024-08
Released / updated2025-11-06 / 2025-11-06
Quality & performance
Artificial Analysis doesn't cover this model (267 of 2059 have data). Quality data comes from independent evals covering widely used models.
Available at 1 providers1 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLM Gateway vertex-openai/kimi-k2-thinking | Gateway | $0.60 | $2.50 | $0.06 | — | 262,144 | 32,768 |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Your usage cost
1LLM Gateway$180.20
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.
Benchmark
No upstream benchmark data for this model. For quality, see the Artificial Analysis intelligence score above.
Reasoning control
Upstream provides no control info
1 / 1 providers expose no reasoning control (reasoning_options: []).
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input list $0.60Output list $2.50Min blended $1.07
Price history accumulates from each data sync; currently only 1 sample(s) (2026-08-21). Each future sync adds a point, and once accumulated a line is drawn here.