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Kimi K3 vs Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

Kimi K3 (Moonshot) and Llama 3.2 1B Instruct (Meta) side by side: what each costs per million tokens through Rapid Router, how much context each takes, what each supports, and where independent benchmarks place them. Same API, same key; switching is a one-string change.

Kimi K3Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Input price per 1M$0.304$0.005
Output price per 1M$11.94$0.010
Context window1M tokens16K tokens
Max output131K tokens4K tokens
Input typestext, image, videotext
Capabilitiestools, JSON, vision, reasoningtools
AuthorMoonshotMeta

What a month costs on each

WorkloadKimi K3Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Chatbot month (15M in, 4M out)$52.30$0.115
RAG month (40M in, 3M out)$47.97$0.230
Coding month (60M in, 10M out)$137.60$0.400

On a typical 75/25 input-output mix, Llama 3.2 1B Instruct costs less (about 100% less than Kimi K3). Kimi K3 takes the longer prompt at 1M tokens. Try your own numbers in the cost calculator.

Call either one

curl https://rapidrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RAPIDROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "moonshotai/kimi-k3", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]}'

# the other one: change the model string
  -d '{"model": "meta-llama/llama-3.2-1b-instruct", ...}'

Common questions

Which is cheaper, Kimi K3 or Llama 3.2 1B Instruct?

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct is cheaper on a typical mix of 75% input and 25% output tokens, by about 100%. Through Rapid Router both are billed at the provider list price per million tokens.

Which has the larger context window?

Kimi K3, at 1M tokens. Llama 3.2 1B Instruct offers 16K tokens.

Can I switch between Kimi K3 and Llama 3.2 1B Instruct without changing code?

Yes. Both are callable at https://rapidrouter.ai/api/v1 with the same OpenAI-compatible request; only the model string changes (moonshotai/kimi-k3 or meta-llama/llama-3.2-1b-instruct).

How do I pay for Kimi K3 or Llama 3.2 1B Instruct?

Top up a Rapid Router balance by card in US dollars, and both models debit that balance per request.

More Kimi models: Moonshot API pricing · More Llama: Meta API pricing