Data points: 119
Model compare
The readout for Kimi K2 and Llama 4 Scout, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: Kimi K2. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
Kimi K2
Kimi K2 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 86 to 14.
Evidence depth
119 data points
Includes 25 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 6 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with Kimi K2
The charts below split 31 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for Kimi K2 and Llama 4 Scout: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | Kimi K2 | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Weighted overall score | 86.0 pts | 14.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 6 categories | 0 categories |
| Operational advantages | Provider coverage | Cheapest input price, Average speed, First-token latency |
| Context window | 131.1K tokens | 10M tokens |
| Max output | 100.4K tokens | 16.4K tokens |
| Modalities | Input Text Output Text | Input Text |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | Kimi K2 | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | MoonshotAI | Meta |
| Released | Sep 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| Parameters | No data | 17B |
| Tokenizer | Other | Llama4 |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-12-31 | 2024-08-31 |
| OpenRouter ID | moonshotai/kimi-k2 | meta-llama/llama-4-scout |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Kimi K2 and Llama 4 Scout: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
Kimi K2
Kimi K2 is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Reasoning, Knowledge, Math) and operational dimensions (Provider coverage).
Llama 4 Scout
Llama 4 Scout has these operational advantages: Cheapest input price, Average speed, First-token latency.
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
Kimi K2
47.8
Avg. score
Llama 4 Scout
39.5
Kimi K2 leads by 12.6
Kimi K2 leads by 13.8
Kimi K2 leads by 7.3
Kimi K2 leads by 6.5
Kimi K2 leads by 9.4
No data
No data
Kimi K2 leads by 0.7
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Kimi K2
winner51.0
Rank #55/83 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-07-01
Llama 4 Scout
44.0
Rank #72/83 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Kimi K2
1.17 s
Rank #43/139 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
winner0.57 s
Rank #12/139 · confidence 4
Kimi K2
1.17 s
Rank #74/139 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
winner0.57 s
Rank #18/139 · confidence 4
Kimi K2
36.7 tok/s
Rank #129/139 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
winner89.6 tok/s
Rank #70/139 · confidence 4
Kimi K2
$1.04/M
Rank #78/163 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
winner$0.287/M
Rank #25/163 · confidence 4
Kimi K2
$0.585/M
Rank #80/163 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
winner$0.175/M
Rank #25/163 · confidence 4
Kimi K2
$2.40/M
Rank #73/163 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
winner$0.625/M
Rank #26/163 · confidence 4
Kimi K2
winner82.4%
Rank #44/125 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
75.2%
Rank #85/125 · confidence 4
Kimi K2
winner51.0
Rank #66/89 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-07-01
Llama 4 Scout
25.8
Rank #84/89 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Kimi K2
winner76.6%
Rank #90/187 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
58.7%
Rank #146/187 · confidence 4
Kimi K2
winner7.0%
Rank #114/186 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
4.3%
Rank #149/186 · confidence 4
Kimi K2
winner55.6%
Rank #50/115 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
29.9%
Rank #89/115 · confidence 4
Kimi K2
winner34.5
Rank #78/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-07-01
Llama 4 Scout
17.0
Rank #96/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Kimi K2
winner34.5%
Rank #113/184 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
17.0%
Rank #179/184 · confidence 4
Kimi K2
winner97.1%
Rank #12/72 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
84.4%
Rank #44/72 · confidence 4
Kimi K2
winner69.3%
Rank #21/68 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
28.3%
Rank #42/68 · confidence 4
Kimi K2
winner39.3
Rank #38/56 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-07-01
Llama 4 Scout
25.4
Rank #54/56 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Kimi K2
74.2
Rank #50/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-07-01
Llama 4 Scout
winner78.3
Rank #43/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Kimi K2
winner26.8
Rank #49/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-07-01
Llama 4 Scout
14.6
Rank #87/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Kimi K2
winner76.6
Rank #66/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-07-01
Llama 4 Scout
58.7
Rank #87/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Kimi K2
winner7.0
Rank #74/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-07-01
Llama 4 Scout
4.3
Rank #84/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Kimi K2
winner19.4
Rank #75/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-07-01
Llama 4 Scout
10.0
Rank #92/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Kimi K2
winner1083.0
Rank #56/65 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-07-01
Llama 4 Scout
783.0
Rank #65/65 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Kimi K2
winner41.5
Rank #67/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-07-01
Llama 4 Scout
39.5
Rank #72/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Kimi K2
winner61.1
Rank #63/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-07-01
Llama 4 Scout
15.5
Rank #83/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Kimi K2 | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Kimi K2 | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
50 tests | Kimi K2 speed / latency 34 tok/s / 2584ms input / output No data | Llama 4 Scout speed / latency 75 tok/s / 1622ms input / output No data |
0 tests | Kimi K2 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Llama 4 Scout speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Kimi K2 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Llama 4 Scout speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Kimi K2 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Llama 4 Scout speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Kimi K2 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Llama 4 Scout speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Kimi K2 kimi-k2-0905-tidy speed / latency No data input / output $0.010/request | Llama 4 Scout llama-4-scout speed / latency No data input / output $0.010/request |
Weighted outcome: Kimi K2. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Output
| Features | Text inputText outputTool calling | Text inputImage inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON mode |
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