Is Groq Kimi K2 Instruct deprecated?

What kind of model is this?

Tags describe what Kimi K2 Instruct takes in, what it is built for and how you can get it. Modality, access and language tags follow Groq's own documentation; tier and use-case tags are our reading of the line-up.

Modality

• Text

Use case

• Chat
• Coding
• Agents & tool use

Tier

• Mid-tier

Access

• Hosted API
• Open weights

Specifications

Input price

unknown

Output price

unknown

Price band

unknown

Context window

unknown

Max output

unknown

Input

Text

Output

Text

Knowledge cutoff

unknown

Tool use

unknown

Structured output

unknown

Weights licence

Modified MIT License

Model maker

Moonshot AI

“unknown” means the figure has not been published, or we have not verified it yet — never that the answer is no. “not published” under the weights licence means this model is not offered with downloadable weights. The price band is ours: it bands the blended price (three parts input to one part output) as budget (≤ $0.50), standard (≤ $3), premium (≤ $12) or flagship.

Lifecycle

1. Released unknown
2. Deprecated 10 September 2025
3. Retired 10 October 2025

What is it good for?

No editorial profile for this model yet. The specifications above come from Groq's own documentation and the suggestions below are derived from the data — shared tags, tier and price band — not written by hand.

What to use instead of Kimi K2 Instruct

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• Kimi K2 Thinking Derived

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• Kimi K2.5 Derived

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Derived suggestions are ranked from the data — shared tags, the same tier and a comparable price band — not from benchmark scores. Check the capability fit yourself: we track lifecycle, price and specifications.

Sources

• console.groq.com ↗ https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations

Verified against the source on 10 September 2026. Dataset snapshot 10 September 2026. Providers can change a date without notice — the link above is always the final word.