Moonshot AI · 1.06T (32B active) · Mixture of Experts
Natively multimodal 1T MoE — 32B active, frontier agentic Check if your GPU or Mac can run Kimi K2.6 locally — 591.2 GB min, 985.3 GB recommended.
2026-04256K context
Mixture of Experts
Total experts: 384
Active experts: 8
Active params: 32.0B
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2_K | 2 | 339.2 GB | low | — |
| Q3_K_M | 3 | 474.7 GB | moderate | — |
| Q4_K_M | 4 | 542.4 GB | good | — |
| Q5_K_M | 5 | 677.9 GB | good | — |
| Q6_K | 6 | 813.4 GB | excellent | — |
| Q8_0 | 8 | 1084.4 GB | excellent | — |
| F16 | 16 | 2168.2 GB | lossless | — |
Can I run Kimi K2.6 locally?
- Can I run Kimi K2.6 locally?
- Kimi K2.6 needs about 591.2 GB of memory at a minimum and 985.3 GB recommended. Open this page to grade it against your GPU or Mac, then run it with runai, Ollama or LM Studio.
- How much VRAM does Kimi K2.6 need?
- At Q4_K_M, Kimi K2.6 uses about 542.4 GB of VRAM. Higher quants need more memory; lower quants fit tighter cards with a quality tradeoff.