The highly anticipated 400B class of Llama3 is here! Clocking in at 128k context with impressive eval scores, the Meta AI team continues to push the frontier of open-source LLMs. Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3.1) launched with a var…
Model details →Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Kimi K2 Instruct is a large-scale Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model developed by Moonshot AI, featuring 1 trillion total parameters with 32 billion active per forward pass. It is optimized for agentic capabilities, including advanced …
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 131K | 131K | 🏆 MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $4.00 | $0.57 | 🏆 MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $4.00 | $2.30 | 🏆 MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct better than MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711?
Input: $4.00 vs $0.57 per 1M tokens. Output: $4.00 vs $2.30 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 support?
Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct supports up to 131K tokens. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 support tool calling?
Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct: yes. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: yes.