Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Base

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Base is a language model developed by Moonshot AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 69.2% across 13 benchmarks. It excels particularly in C-Eval (92.5%), GSM8k (92.1%), MMLU-redux-2.0 (90.2%). The model shows particular specialization in math tasks with an average performance of 81.2%. Released in 2025, it represents Moonshot AI's latest advancement in AI technology.

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is a language model developed by Meta. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 61.3% across 18 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM-8K (CoT) (84.5%), ARC-C (83.4%), API-Bank (82.6%). It supports a 262K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 9 API providers. Released in 2024, it represents Meta's latest advancement in AI technology.

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Meta

2024-07-23

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Base

Moonshot AI

2025-01-01

5 months newer

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Base

Max Context:-
Parameters:1.0T
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Larger context
Max Context:262.1K
Parameters:8.0B

Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Base

+19.0%
Average Score:68.4%
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Average Score:49.4%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Base

math
+12.7%
81.2%
general
+13.3%
67.3%
code
+0.6%
66.4%
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

math
68.4%
general
54.0%
code
65.8%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

2023-12-31

More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Base

0 providers
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

9 providers

Sambanova

Throughput: 1050 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Together

Throughput: 194 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Hyperbolic

Throughput: 200 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

DeepInfra

Throughput: 118 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Fireworks

Throughput: 292 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Groq

Throughput: 750 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Bedrock

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Lambda

Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Cerebras

Throughput: 2047 tok/s
Latency: 0.2ms
Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Base

+19.0%
Avg Score:68.4%
Providers:0
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Avg Score:49.4%
Providers:9