Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Llama Guard 3 1B
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo (2025) and Llama Guard 3 1B (2024) are compact production models from Moonshot AI and AI at Meta. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo ships a 262k-token context window, while Llama Guard 3 1B ships a 128k-token context window. On pricing, Llama Guard 3 1B costs $0.10/1M input tokens versus $1.15/1M for the alternative. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads.
Llama Guard 3 1B is ~1050% cheaper at $0.10/1M; pay for Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo only for long-context analysis.
Decision scorecard
Local evidence first| Signal | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Llama Guard 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | general production evaluation | general production evaluation |
| Decision fit | Long context | Long context and Classification |
| Context window | 262k | 128k |
| Cheapest output | $8/1M tokens | $0.10/1M tokens |
| Provider routes | 1 tracked | 1 tracked |
| Shared benchmarks | 0 shared | 0 shared |
Decision tradeoffs
- Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
- Local decision data tags Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo for Long context.
- Llama Guard 3 1B has the lower cheapest tracked output price at $0.10/1M tokens.
- Local decision data tags Llama Guard 3 1B for Long context and Classification.
Monthly cost at traffic
Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo
$2,920
Cheapest tracked route/tier: Vercel AI Gateway
Llama Guard 3 1B
$105
Cheapest tracked route/tier: Fireworks AI
Estimated monthly gap: $2,815. Batch, cache, alternate speed tiers, and negotiated pricing are excluded from this local estimate.
Switch friction
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Llama Guard 3 1B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Llama Guard 3 1B is $7.90/1M tokens lower on cheapest tracked output pricing before cache, batch, or negotiated discounts.
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Llama Guard 3 1B and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is $7.90/1M tokens higher on cheapest tracked output pricing, so quality gains need to justify the spend.
Specs
| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025-11-06 | 2024-09-25 |
| Context window | 262k | 128k |
| Parameters | 1T (32B active) | 1B |
| Architecture | - | Decoder Only |
| License | MITOSI-approved | Llama 2 Community |
| Openness | Open source | Open weights |
| Weights | Unknown | Unknown |
| Code | Unknown | Unknown |
| Commercial use | Commercial use: permitted | Commercial use: conditional |
| Knowledge cutoff | - | 2023-12 |
Pricing and availability
| Pricing attribute | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Llama Guard 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $1.15/1M tokens | $0.10/1M tokens |
| Output price | $8/1M tokens | $0.10/1M tokens |
| Providers |
Capabilities
| Capability | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Llama Guard 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | No | No |
| Multimodal | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| JSON / Tool use | No | No |
| Structured outputs | No | No |
| Code execution | No | No |
| IDE integration | No | No |
| Computer use | No | No |
| Parallel agents | No | No |
Benchmarks
No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.
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Last reviewed: 2026-07-09. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.