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Kimi K2.5: Still Worth It After Two Weeks?
When Artificial Analysis evaluated K2.5, the model generated 89 million output tokens. The median for comparable models is 14 million. At $0.60/$3.00 per million input/output tokens, the per-token price looks cheap, but when the model produces 6x more tokens per task, effective costs still spike. Kilo Code’s week-long free trial confirmed this: usage surged past 50B tokens/day, and they concluded the model’s verbosity dilutes the savings from input caching. This is the main issue with this model.