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Kimi K2.8 Preview vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Comparing Kimi K2.8 Preview and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Moonshot AI · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Kimi K2.8 Preview and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Kimi K2.8 Preview

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Kimi K2.8 Preview
Moonshot AI
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
Benchmark wins
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Input price
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Output price
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Context window
1,048,576
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Individual benchmarks

0 reported for Kimi K2.8 Preview · 11 for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Kimi K2.8 Preview and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Kimi K2.8 Preview specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens).

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.8 Preview
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output- tokens
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Sep 16 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Kimi K2.8 Preview supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct does not.

Kimi K2.8 Preview can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Kimi K2.8 Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Kimi K2.8 Preview is licensed under a proprietary license, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Kimi K2.8 Preview

Proprietary

Closed source

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Kimi K2.8 Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct was released on 2024-10-01.

Kimi K2.8 Preview is 24 months newer than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

Kimi K2.8 Preview

Sep 11, 2026

4 days ago

1.9yr newer
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Oct 1, 2024

2.0 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while Kimi K2.8 Preview's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Kimi K2.8 Preview's cutoff date.

Kimi K2.8 Preview

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Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Kimi K2.8 Preview and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Kimi K2.8 Preview
✓ Preferred
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Kimi K2.8 Preview vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

Which is better, Kimi K2.8 Preview or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Kimi K2.8 Preview (Moonshot AI) and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct (NVIDIA) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does Kimi K2.8 Preview compare to Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct in benchmarks?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.4%, HellaSwag: 85.6%, Winogrande: 84.5%, GSM8K Chat: 81.9%, MMLU Chat: 80.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Kimi K2.8 Preview and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Kimi K2.8 Preview supports 1.0M tokens and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Kimi K2.8 Preview and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Kimi K2.8 Preview and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Kimi K2.8 Preview is developed by Moonshot AI and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is developed by NVIDIA.

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