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LLaMA 3.1 vs Kimi K2.6

Meta LLaMA 3.1 vs Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 — side-by-side specs.

Meta
LLaMA 3.1
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.6
Overview
CompanyMetaMoonshot AI
Release dateJul 23 2024Apr 21 2026
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 3.1 shipped 637 days before Kimi K2.6

Which is better: LLaMA 3.1 or Kimi K2.6?

LLaMA 3.1 and Kimi K2.6 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 3.1 shipped 637 days before Kimi K2.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model; Kimi K2.6 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was LLaMA 3.1 released?
LLaMA 3.1 was released by Meta on Jul 23 2024.
When was Kimi K2.6 released?
Kimi K2.6 was released by Moonshot AI on Apr 21 2026.
Is LLaMA 3.1 or Kimi K2.6 open source?
LLaMA 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Kimi K2.6 is a proprietary model released by Moonshot AI.

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