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Kimi K2.6 vs Llama 3 8B Instruct
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Winner summary
Kimi K2.6 wins on 3/3 benchmarks
Kimi K2.6 wins 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena · knowledge · math.
Category leads
arena·Kimi K2.6knowledge·Kimi K2.6math·Kimi K2.6
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Kimi K2.6
#217 by perf·#15 by attention
Llama 3 8B Instruct
#261 by perf·#19 by attention
Best value
Llama 3 8B Instruct
11.7x better value than Kimi K2.6
Kimi K2.6
18.9 pts/$
$2.03/M
Llama 3 8B Instruct
220.0 pts/$
$0.14/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Moonshot AI
$50.0B·Tier 1
Meta AI
$1.65T·Tier 1
Head to head
3 benchmarks · 2 models
Kimi K2.6Llama 3 8B Instruct
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Kimi K2.6 leads by +237.4
Kimi K2.6
1461.0
Llama 3 8B Instruct
1223.6
GPQA diamond
Kimi K2.6 leads by +89.9
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
Kimi K2.6
91.4
Llama 3 8B Instruct
1.4
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Kimi K2.6 leads by +95.4
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
Kimi K2.6
96.1
Llama 3 8B Instruct
0.7
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Llama 3 8B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1461.0 | 1223.6 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 91.4 | 1.4 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 96.1 | 0.7 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.65 | $3.41 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $13.40 | |
| $0.14 | $0.14 | 8K tokens (~4 books) | $1.40 |