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Kimi K2

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Hosted modelverifiedObserved Oct 12, 2026
Input types
text, image
Output types
text
Observed context window
Not established
Source release date
Jul 11, 2025

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Artifact evidence

artificial-analysis:441734a9-8901-4850-9bae-b474c370291f

independent benchmark · Pinned artifact · Artificial Analysis evaluated configuration. First observed Oct 13, 2026; last observed Oct 13, 2026.

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https://www.kimi.com/blog/kimi-k2|kimi-k2|release

official changelog · Pinned artifact · Official provider announcement. First observed Oct 12, 2026; last observed Oct 12, 2026.

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BenchmarkReported resultProvenanceArtifact / date
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexv4.3 · reasoning12.7 index_pointsSource record verifiedArtificial Analysis ↗independent benchmarkartificial-analysis:441734a9-8901-4850-9bae-b474c370291fSep 9, 2026

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Kimi Kimi K2 released

Kimi K2 was released on July 11, It supports text and image inputs with text output.

AI-assisted summary · qwen3.8-27bRecorded Oct 12, 2026