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Re:Kimi K2.6 just beat Claude, GPT-5.5, and Gemini in a codi... by jakemanger on Sunday May 03, 2026 @12:56AM (#47993479)
What's the GPU VRAM requirements for this thing?

Awesome to have a open model that can compete, but damn it would be so much better if you could run it locally. Otherwise, it's almost so difficult to run (e.g. self host) that it's just way more convenient to pay OpenAI, Claude, etc

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Re:Kimi K2.6 just beat Claude, GPT-5.5, and Gemini in a codi... by DeathArrow on Sunday May 03, 2026 @01:05AM (#47993520)
>Otherwise, it's almost so difficult to run (e.g. self host) that it's just way more convenient to pay OpenAI, Claude, etc

Getting a coding plan from Kimi.com will make coding 20x cheaper than using Anthropic.

BTW, I am using it with Claude Code.

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