Kimi K3 vs NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Kimi K3 and NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 releases: 2 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 4 models.
- For intelligence, Kimi K3 scores highest: Kimi K3 (max) at 44, against NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) at 7 for NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2.
- For output speed, NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 is fastest: NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Non-reasoning) at 153 t/s, against Kimi K3 (max) at 35 t/s for Kimi K3.
Releases compared
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indices
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kimi K3 (max) |  Kimi | 44 | 47 | 51 | 49 | 45 | 43 | 53 | $2.00 | $2.3 | $3.00 | $15.00 | $0.30 | $3,658 | 48k | 32k | 161M | 35 | 4.54s | 62.11s | 76.51s | 1257.04s | 2.8T 104B active at inference time | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text |    +9 | |||
| Kimi K3 (low) | Kimi | 30 | 33 | 40 | 35 | - | 30 | 37 | $1.15 | $2.3 | $3.00 | $15.00 | $0.30 | $1,190 | 12k | 6k | 22M | 33 | 3.81s | 63.80s | 78.80s | 330.30s | 2.8T 104B active at inference time | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text |   | |||
| NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) |  NVIDIA | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.04 | $0.16 | - | - | - | - | - | 98 | 7.01s | 27.50s | 32.62s | - | 9B | 131k | Aug 2025 | - | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |  | |||
| NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Non-reasoning) | NVIDIA | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.05 | $0.195 | - | - | - | - | - | 153 | 1.61s | 1.61s | 4.88s | - | 9B | 131k | Aug 2025 | - | No | Supports: text | Supports: text |  | |||