Kimi K3 (Max) vs Llama 4 Scout

Which is better for the money: Kimi K3 (Max) by Kimi or Llama 4 Scout by Meta? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

KimiKimi K3 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 43.60
Total cost: $3658

MetaLlama 4 ScoutOff the frontier

Intelligence: 6.50
Total cost: $73.6

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Kimi K3 (Max) scores 37.1 points higher (43.6 vs 6.5) but costs 50× as much to run the benchmark ($3658 vs $73.6; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Kimi K3 (Max) when you need intelligence above 6.5, and Llama 4 Scout when 6.5 is enough.

Metric	Kimi K3 (Max)	Llama 4 Scout	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	43.6	6.5	−85.1% Llama 4 Scout is 85.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$3,658.07	$73.56	−98.0% Llama 4 Scout is 98.0% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	58.57s	5.06s	−91.4% Llama 4 Scout is 91.4% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$3.00 / $15.0	$0.18 / $0.66
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Llama 4 Scout vs Kimi K3 (Max): 85.1% less intelligence, 98.0% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 91.4% faster end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

Kimi K3 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55.10 for $3117.
Llama 4 Scout is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) scores 34.60 for $66.8.

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