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Alicloud Kimi K2 Instruct vs CC K2.6 Code Preview

Compare Alicloud Kimi K2 Instruct from Moonshot AI and CC K2.6 Code Preview from Moonshot AI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Alicloud Kimi K2 Instruct
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Kimi-K2 is a MoE architecture foundational model with extremely powerful coding and agent capabilities, featuring a total of 1 trillion parameters and activating 32 billion parameters. In benchmark performance tests across major categories such as general knowledge reasoning, programming, mathematics, and agents, the K2 model outperforms other mainstream open-source models. The Kimi-K2 model supports a context length of 128k tokens. It does not support visual capabilities.

Input$0.548 /M
Output$2.192 /M
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CC K2.6 Code Preview
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Input$0.2 /M
Output$0.2 /M
Cache read$0.02 /M
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Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Alicloud Kimi K2 Instruct
CC K2.6 Code Preview
Input /M
$0.548
$0.2
Output /M
$2.192
$0.2
Cache read /M
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$0.02
Context length
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262,144
Max output
0
0
Time to First Token
1.2 s
3.8 s
Throughput
0.8 tok/s
10.4 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
API Formats
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

CC K2.6 Code Preview
$15.00 /mo
Alicloud Kimi K2 Instruct
$65.76 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Alicloud Kimi K2 Instruct, CC K2.6 Code Preview?

CC K2.6 Code Preview: $0.2/M output tokens; Alicloud Kimi K2 Instruct: $2.192/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Which responds faster?

Alicloud Kimi K2 Instruct: 1.2s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

Which one generates tokens faster?

CC K2.6 Code Preview at 10.4 tok/s and Alicloud Kimi K2 Instruct at 0.8 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

Can I call Alicloud Kimi K2 Instruct and CC K2.6 Code Preview with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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