kimi-k2.6 vs gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17

Pricing, Performance & Features Comparison

kimi-k2.6

Authormoonshot

Context Length262K

Reasoning

Providers1

ReleasedApr 2026

Knowledge CutoffApr 2025

LicenseMIT License

Mixture-of-Experts model with 1T total parameters and 32B activated per token. Features MLA attention, MoonViT vision encoder, and agent swarm orchestration.

Input$0.95

Output$4

Latency (p50)5.4s

Output Limit66K

Function Calling

JSON Mode

InputText, Image, Video

OutputText

moonshot

in$0.95out$4cache$0.16write$0.95

Latency (24h)

Success Rate (24h)

gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17

Authoropenai

Context Length400K

Reasoning

Providers1

ReleasedMar 2026

Knowledge CutoffAug 2025

License-

Input$0.75

Output$4.5

Latency (p50)2.7s

Output Limit128K

Function Calling

JSON Mode

InputText, Image

OutputText

openai

in$0.75out$4.5cache$0.075-