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How much energy does Kimi K2 Thinking use?

Moonshot · released 2025-11-06

Complex prompt
11.6 Wh
≈ 21 m of driving
Everyday chat
0.496 Wh
Capability
84.2
Energy rank
93 of 134

What this figure is

Calculated  Calculated from a published parameter count. Every model on this site is calculated the same way, so the comparison holds even where the absolute value carries uncertainty. Our figures are good to roughly a factor of two to three, which is why we only ever state a difference of 5× or more.

Is there a better choice?

A lighter model that does the job
Alibaba · capability 84.8. It is more capable than Kimi K2 Thinking and uses about 33× less energy per answer: 0.351 Wh against 11.6 Wh.

What Moonshot publishes

Energy cannot be worked out without knowing how big a model is. Of the 5 models from Moonshot that we track, 2 can be assessed at all — the rest publish too little for anyone outside the company to calculate anything.

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Figure calculated 2026-09-01 · how these numbers are made · the full comparison of 134 models