Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Llama 4 Scout

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Data updated on November 14, 2026· 230 models

MoonshotK3.1 Pro

Kimi K3.1 Pro is Moonshot AI's flagship open-weight multimodal reasoning model and a post-trained successor to Kimi K3, with a 1M-token context window.

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Reasoning estimated
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Speed estimated
Input
Output
Context
1 M tokens
Max output
▲944 K
Input, $ per 1M tokens
$2.00
Output, $ per 1M tokens
$10.00
Cache read, $ per 1M
$0.200
Batch (input / output)
$0.700 / $6.00
Tool calling
Yes
Released
▲10/23/2026
Knowledge cutoff
—
API id
moonshotai/kimi-k3.1-pro
Meta4 Scout

Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct (16E) is a mixture-of-experts (MoE) language model developed by Meta, activating 17 billion parameters out of a total of 109B.

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Reasoning estimated
Speed estimated
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Input
Output
Context
▲1.3 M tokens
Max output
16 K
Input, $ per 1M tokens
▲$0.100
Output, $ per 1M tokens
▲$0.300
Cache read, $ per 1M
—
Batch (input / output)
—
Tool calling
Yes
Released
04/05/2025
Knowledge cutoff
2025-01
API id
meta-llama/llama-4-scout
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Which is the better API choice: Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Llama 4 Scout?

  • Llama 4 Scout: cheapest input (95% less than Kimi K3.1 Pro)
  • Llama 4 Scout: cheapest output
  • Llama 4 Scout: largest context (1.3 M)
  • Kimi K3.1 Pro: the newest (10/23/2026)
  • Kimi K3.1 Pro: most reasoning (estimated)
  • Llama 4 Scout: the fastest (estimated)

Llama 4 Scout costs 95% less on input and 97% less on output than Kimi K3.1 Pro ($0.100 / $0.300 versus $2.00 / $10.00 per million tokens). Llama 4 Scout accepts more context (1.3 M). On capabilities, Kimi K3.1 Pro has a reasoning mode. Kimi K3.1 Pro offers a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.

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Estimate the monthly cost with your app's real volume. List prices, no cache or batch discounts.

Kimi K3.1 Pro
$70.00/mo
Llama 4 Scout
$2.70/mo

With Llama 4 Scout you save $67.30 a month versus Kimi K3.1 Pro (96% less).

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Paste your prompt: tokens and cost per model

Rough estimate (about 4 characters per token). Nothing is sent to any server.

76tokens approx.287 characters

Cost of sending it 1,000 times (input only)

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Frequently asked questions

Which is the better API choice: Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Llama 4 Scout?

Llama 4 Scout costs 95% less on input and 97% less on output than Kimi K3.1 Pro ($0.100 / $0.300 versus $2.00 / $10.00 per million tokens). Llama 4 Scout accepts more context (1.3 M). On capabilities, Kimi K3.1 Pro has a reasoning mode. Kimi K3.1 Pro offers a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.

Which is cheaper: Kimi K3.1 Pro and Llama 4 Scout?

Llama 4 Scout is cheaper: $0.100 per million input tokens and $0.300 per million output tokens, versus $2.00 / $10.00 for Kimi K3.1 Pro.

Which has more context: Kimi K3.1 Pro and Llama 4 Scout?

Llama 4 Scout accepts 1.3 M tokens of context; Kimi K3.1 Pro accepts 1 M.

Which is newer: Kimi K3.1 Pro and Llama 4 Scout?

Kimi K3.1 Pro was released on 10/23/2026; Llama 4 Scout on 04/05/2025.

What would 10,000 requests a month cost with Kimi K3.1 Pro and Llama 4 Scout?

With 1,500 input and 400 output tokens per request: Kimi K3.1 Pro: $70.00; Llama 4 Scout: $2.70 a month, at list price.

Where do the prices come from and how often are they updated?

From the public catalogs of OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM, which publish each provider's list prices. They sync once a day and the last update date is shown above the comparison.

What does price per million tokens mean?

It is what the provider charges per million tokens you send (input) or the model generates (output). A token is roughly 4 characters. Output almost always costs more than input.

Sources: OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM. Prices in USD per million tokens, list price, no volume discounts. Prompt tokens are an estimate; each provider's tokenizer may differ.