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Deepinfra Llama 3.1 8B Instant vs Kimi K3

Compare Deepinfra Llama 3.1 8B Instant from Llama and Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Deepinfra Llama 3.1 8B Instant
Llama · → text

Input$0.033 /M
Output$0.055 /M
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Kimi K3
Moonshot AI · text, image, video → text

Kimi K3 is Kimi’s flagship model for long-horizon coding and end-to-end knowledge work, with a 1M-token context window and industry-leading intelligence.

Input$3 /M
Output$15 /M
Cache read$0.3 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Deepinfra Llama 3.1 8B Instant
Kimi K3
Input /M
$0.033
$3
Output /M
$0.055
$15
Cache read /M
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$0.3
Context length
0
1,048,576
Max output
0
1,048,576
Time to First Token
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0.9 s
Throughput
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73.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
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July 16, 2026

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
deepinfra-llama-3.1-8b-instantkimi-k3
11601260136014601560
Overall
12111486
Coding
12601531
Math
11891189
Hard prompts
12221505
Instruction following
11911479
Multi-turn
11981499
Creative writing
11781470
Longer query
12231502
Chinese
12031527
English
12371491

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Deepinfra Llama 3.1 8B Instant
$2.80 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Deepinfra Llama 3.1 8B Instant, Kimi K3?

Deepinfra Llama 3.1 8B Instant: $0.055/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $15/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Kimi K3: 1531; Deepinfra Llama 3.1 8B Instant: 1260 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Can I call Deepinfra Llama 3.1 8B Instant and Kimi K3 with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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