xAI's Grok 4.5 and Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.6 compared on specs, pricing, and capabilities — as configured in AI Crucible ensembles.
| Specification | Grok 4.5 | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Moonshot AI |
| API model ID | grok-4.5 | kimi-k2.6 |
| Description | xAI's most intelligent and fastest Grok model, built for coding and agentic work. | Moonshot AI's latest flagship native multimodal agentic model with deep reasoning and 256K context. |
| Context window | 500K tokens | 262K tokens |
| Max output tokens | 32,768 | 8,192 |
| Input cost ($/1M tokens) | $2.40 | $1.14 |
| Output cost ($/1M tokens) | $7.20 | $4.80 |
| Cache read cost ($/1M tokens) | $0.60 | $0.19 |
| Latency | medium | medium |
| Reasoning model | Yes | Yes |
| Vision (image input) | Yes | Yes |
| Tool use | Yes | Yes |
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