LLMs · Moonshot AI

Kimi K2.6 (1T)

Name: Kimi K2.6 (1T)
Author: Moonshot AI

Parameters: 1,027B (32.0B active)
Architecture: Mixture of experts
Max context: 256K tokens
License: modified-mit
Released: 2026-04

How to run it

Ollama

Ollama offers this only as a cloud model (it runs on Ollama’s servers, not your machine). To run it locally, use the GGUF files below.

Quantized files · GGUF

Works in LM Studio, llama.cpp, Jan and Ollama. No sign-in needed.

huggingface.co/unsloth/Kimi-K2.6-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Kimi-K2.6-GGUF

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from Moonshot AI, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Links checked 2 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

Apps that run Kimi K2.6 (1T)

Our pick for each kind of computer, assuming the model fits in its memory. Pick your own GPU or device in the Model Finder for an exact answer.

Mac (Apple silicon)

LM Studio

Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

Also good:

Windows PC, NVIDIA GPU

LM Studio

Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

Also good:

Windows PC, AMD Radeon

Lemonade

AMD’s own app: llama.cpp tuned for Radeon on Vulkan and ROCm.

Also good:

Linux, NVIDIA GPU

LM Studio

Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

Also good:

Linux server, 80 GB+ GPUs

LM Studio

Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

Also good:

App	Type	Opens it as	Systems	Engine	Start
LM Studio	Desktop app	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	llama.cpp, MLX	Open in LM Studio
Ollama	CLI + API	GGUF from Hugging Face	macOSWindowsLinux	llama.cpp, MLX	`ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Kimi-K2.6-GGUF:Q4_K_M`
llama.cpp	CLI + API	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	llama.cpp	`llama-server -hf unsloth/Kimi-K2.6-GGUF:Q4_K_M`
Jan	Desktop app	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	llama.cpp, MLX	Open in Jan
vLLM	Server	Original weights	WSLWindowsLinux	vLLM	`vllm serve moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6`
SGLang	Server	Original weights	WSLWindowsLinux	SGLang	`python3 -m sglang.launch_server --model-path moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6`
Docker Model Runner	CLI + API	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	llama.cpp, vLLM	`docker model run hf.co/unsloth/Kimi-K2.6-GGUF:Q4_K_M`
Lemonade	Desktop app	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	llama.cpp, ONNX Runtime GenAI	`lemonade pull unsloth/Kimi-K2.6-GGUF:Q4_K_M`
Unsloth Desktop	Desktop app	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	llama.cpp, MLX, stable-diffusion.cpp	Open in Unsloth Desktop
Atomic Chat	Desktop app	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	llama.cpp, MLX-VLM	Open in Atomic Chat
Pi	Coding agent	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses llama.cpp or MLX LM	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Hermes Agent	Assistant	GGUF	macOSWSLWindowsLinux	uses llama.cpp or MLX LM	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
OpenClaw	Assistant	GGUF	macOSWSLWindowsLinux	uses llama.cpp or MLX LM	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
OpenCode	Coding agent	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Codex CLI	Coding agent	GGUF	macOSWSLWindowsLinux	uses Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible server	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
OpenHands	Coding agent	GGUF	macOSWSLWindowsLinux	uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Zed	Coding agent	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Cline	Coding agent	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Open Interpreter	Coding agent	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Goose	Coding agent	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Aider	Coding agent	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Crush	Coding agent	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Qwen Code	Coding agent	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Kilo Code	Coding agent	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Open WebUI	Assistant	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Khoj	Assistant	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Letta	Assistant	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
KoboldCpp	Desktop app	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	llama.cpp	Get KoboldCpp
Text Generation WebUI	Desktop app	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	llama.cpp, Transformers, ExLlamaV3	Get Text Generation WebUI
llamafile	CLI + API	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	llama.cpp	Get llamafile
Msty Studio	Desktop app	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	Ollama, llama.cpp, MLX	Open in Msty Studio
Llama (macOS)	Desktop app	GGUF	macOS	llama.cpp	Open in Llama (macOS)
RecurseChat	Desktop app	GGUF	macOS	llama.cpp	Open in RecurseChat
node-llama-cpp	Library	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	llama.cpp	Get node-llama-cpp
Continue	Coding agent	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses Ollama, LM Studio or llama.cpp	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
SillyTavern	Assistant	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses Ollama, LM Studio or llama.cpp	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
LibreChat	Assistant	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses Ollama, LM Studio or llama.cpp	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Cherry Studio	Assistant	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses Ollama, LM Studio or llama.cpp	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Chatbox	Assistant	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses Ollama, LM Studio or llama.cpp	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
PrivateGPT	Assistant	GGUF	macOSWindowsLinux	uses Ollama, LM Studio or llama.cpp	Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
PocketPal AI	Mobile app	GGUF	iOSAndroid	llama.cpp	App Store Google Play
ChatterUI	Mobile app	GGUF	Android	llama.cpp	Download the APK
LLM Farm	Mobile app	GGUF	iOS	llama.cpp	Not on the App Store or TestFlight for now (checked 2026-11-09).

Which apps can open a model depends on the files published for it: GGUF for llama.cpp-based apps, MLX for Apple’s engine, the original weights for vLLM and SGLang. Compare every app.

Memory needed

Weights plus KV cache and runtime overhead. Leave a little extra free for the operating system and other apps. Try another context length.

KV cache: latent (MLA) KV cache.

Quantization	Quality	Weights	Total at 8K context	Total at 32K context	Download
`Q2_K`	Low	411 GB	412 GB	414 GB	GGUF (UD-Q2_K_XL) · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	Low	503 GB	504 GB	506 GB	GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	Good	626 GB	628 GB	629 GB	GGUF (UD-Q4_K_XL) · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	High	729 GB	730 GB	732 GB	GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	High	842 GB	843 GB	845 GB	GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	Very high	1,088 GB	1,090 GB	1,091 GB	GGUF (UD-Q8_K_XL) · folder (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	Full	2,054 GB	2,055 GB	2,057 GB	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab) Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Best hardware for Kimi K2.6 (1T)

Quality	Hardware	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 62/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Apple M3 Ultra (512 GB)	`Q2_K`	443 GB / 384 GB	33.2 tok/s	Slowfar over GPU memory limit
66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 75/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	AMD EPYC 7002 / 7003 series NAS (512 GB)	`Q2_K`	450 GB / 471 GB	7.0 tok/s	Slowtight fit
66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 73/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Intel Xeon Silver (4100 to 4300 series) NAS (512 GB)	`Q2_K`	450 GB / 471 GB	3.5 tok/s	Slowtight fit
66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 73/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Intel Xeon W-2100 series NAS (512 GB)	`Q2_K`	450 GB / 471 GB	3.3 tok/s	Slowtight fit
66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 64/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Apple M5 Ultra (512 GB)	`Q2_K`	443 GB / 384 GB	46.0 tok/s	Slowfar over GPU memory limit
66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 72/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Intel Xeon D-2700 series NAS (512 GB)	`Q2_K`	450 GB / 471 GB	2.6 tok/s	Very slowtight fit

Check it on your own hardware

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.