Side-by-side comparison of Kimi K2 Instruct (Moonshot AI · China) and Kimi-K2.6 (Moonshot AI · China) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. Kimi K2 Instruct is rated conditional; Kimi-K2.6 is conditional. They part ways on commercial use: Kimi K2 Instruct is "Yes", Kimi-K2.6 is "Attribution at scale".
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| Summary | ||
| Verdict | Conditional 1T-parameter MoE (32B active) tuned for agentic and tool-use workflows. Modified MIT permits commercial use. Same Chinese-origin alignment and supply-chain considerations as DeepSeek and Qwen. | Conditional Per the published LICENSE file, Kimi-K2.6 ships under a Modified MIT licence: identical to standard MIT for almost all deployers, with an additional UI-attribution requirement only for products exceeding 100M monthly active users or USD 20M monthly revenue. The genuine EU-readiness concerns are the China-based vendor and the absence of any training-data disclosure rather than the licence itself. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-16 | 2026-04-28 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Modified MIT | Modified MIT |
| Commercial use | Yes | Attribution at scale |
| Training data | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Origin | China | China |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 26/100 | 54/100 |
| Speed | 34 tok/s | — |
| Blended price | $1.04/M | $1.71/M |
| Context window | — | — |
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