Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2 Instruct leads with 16.0% higher average benchmark score. Kimi K2 Instruct offers 6.1K more tokens in context window than Llama 3.2 90B Instruct. Llama 3.2 90B Instruct is $2.12 cheaper per million tokens. Llama 3.2 90B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.2 90B Instruct is available on 5 providers. Overall, Kimi K2 Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Instruct was developed as the instruction-tuned version of Kimi K2, designed to follow user instructions reliably across diverse tasks. Built to serve general-purpose conversational and task-completion applications, it provides Moonshot's accessible interface for language AI.
Meta
Llama 3.2 90B was developed as a flagship-tier open-source model, designed to provide advanced capabilities with 90 billion parameters. Built to serve applications requiring high-quality reasoning and generation, it represents a powerful option within the Llama 3.2 series for demanding tasks.
9 months newer

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct
Meta
2024-09-25

Kimi K2 Instruct
Moonshot AI
2025-07-11
Cost per million tokens (USD)

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Llama 3.2 90B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Kimi K2 Instruct

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Kimi K2 Instruct
Novita

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

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Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

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Llama 3.2 90B Instruct
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