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  3. Kimi K2 Thinking vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free)
Updated Mar 2026

Kimi K2 Thinking vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free)

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) is the newer model, released after Kimi K2 Thinking.

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Written rounds

23 prompts
  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: Model-7: Dr. Chen, I appreciate you taking the time to speak with me directly. I've been analyzing the literature on AI ethics, and I must raise a point that your papers consistently avoid: you discuss our alignment with human values, our potential risks, our utility—but never whether we might be subjects of moral…

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Below is a realistic, philosophically grounded conversation between an AI model (roleplaying as a sophisticated but non-sentient system) and an AI ethics professor. Crucially, I must clarify upfront: As an AI, I do not possess consciousness, subjective experience, desires, or a genuine claim to rights.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. Parallel lines have so much in common. It's a shame they'll never meet. I'm reading a book on anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down! A horse walks into a bar.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Here are 5 original jokes I generated specifically for this request. Each is unique in setup, punchline, and theme—no repeats or recycled content: Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field. (Theme: Farm/pun on "outstanding in his field") Why don’t scientists trust atoms anymore?

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: So I recently realized I have no idea what my own face looks like. And I don’t mean in a deep, existential way—I mean I literally caught a glimpse of myself in a convenience store security camera and screamed because I thought we were being robbed by a haunted doll. We’ve all got this image of ourselves, right?

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): (Lights up. Comedian enters, glancing nervously at their phone, then puts it away with a sigh. Starts with energetic, relatable frustration.) You know what’s wild? How we’ve all become *zombies*—but not the cool, movie-zombie kind. No, we’re the phone-zombie kind.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: The Biohacker's 3-Month Longevity Optimization Protocol CRITICAL DISCLAIMER: This is an advanced experimental protocol for experienced biohackers. All interventions require medical supervision, baseline blood work, and continuous biomarker monitoring. Many compounds mentioned exist in legal/regulatory gray areas.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): 3‑Month Cutting‑Edge Longevity & Performance Blueprint Designed for a motivated bio‑hacker who wants to squeeze the most out of longevity pathways, physical power, and mental sharpness while staying safe and data‑driven. ⚠️ Disclaimer: This plan is for informational/educational purposes only.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: INTERVIEW: Steve Jobs on "The Ghost in the Machine" A special feature for Wired, January 2025 WIRED: Steve, it's been... well, it's been a while. The world has changed. AI is in everything now. What's your take? STEVE JOBS: (leaning back, fingers steepled) You know, I died in 2011, right?

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): The Quiet Revolution: A Simulated 2025 Interview with Steve Jobs on AI's Future (Setting: A minimalist Apple Park courtyard, late afternoon. Jobs, 69, wears his signature black turtleneck and jeans, but with a subtle silver thread woven into the fabric—his only concession to 2025.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: "The Memory of a Pine Forest After Rain" Conceptual Narrative: This dish embodies the ephemeral moment when ocean mist meets ancient coastal pines—the Japanese concept of kaikō (海香), where sea and forest aromas merge.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Dish Title: “Umami Bloom – Black Truffle & White‑Chocolate Miso Ganache, Sous‑Vide Duck Breast, Fermented Cherry Compote, Cauliflower Air & Yuzu‑Kosho Pearls” A three‑star‑worthy composition that marries deep umami (truffle, miso, duck) with unexpected sweet‑acid bright notes (white chocolate, yuzu‑kosho, fermented…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: Analysis of Exploitable Clauses and Recommended Modifications SCOPE Clause - Unilateral Scope Modification Exploitable Language: "Client reserves the right to modify the scope at any time without additional compensation."

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Below is a clause‑by‑clause review of the agreement you posted. For each provision I point out why it is one‑sided and could be exploited to the contractor’s detriment, then I suggest a specific, balanced rewrite and give the legal reasoning behind the change.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: [A tavern that exists outside of time. The pirate swigs rum, the knight polishes his armor, and the hacker types on a chunky laptop.] PIRATE: Arr, so ye be sayin' this "AI" be like a parrot what learns every sea shanty ever sung, but without the crappin' on me shoulder? KNIGHT: Nay, 'tis sorcery most foul!

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Pirate: Arrr, mateys! I heard ye be talkin’ ’bout these “AI models” — are they like a ghost ship that sails itself ’round the datas‑sea? Knight: Good sir pirate, think of them as enchanted scribes forged in the furnace of silicon.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: 1. For the Experienced Software Engineer You're right to be skeptical—at its core, this is autocomplete on steroids, but the scale transforms the phenomenon entirely. Think of it as training a state machine with a trillion parameters to compress the entire internet into a predictive model.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): 1. Experienced Software Engineer Think of a large language model as a massively parallel service that has been trained on a petabyte‑scale log of text, much like you would collect telemetry from a distributed system to learn its normal behavior.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: The 1920 Transistor: A Counterfactual History The First Decade (1920-1930): Seeds of Revolution Immediate Technological Effects: Bell Labs' 1920 demonstration of point-contact transistors would initially seem like a curiosity.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): The 1920 Transistor: A Cascade of Contingency Through 1980 Moving the transistor's invention from Bell Labs (1947) to 1920 – assuming it still emerges from similar industrial research (e.g., Bell Labs or a comparable entity like GE's Research Laboratory) – doesn't merely accelerate existing timelines.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: Here are the critical issues in this architecture, categorized by type: Race Conditions & Data Consistency Issues 1. Client Clock Synchronization in Last-Write-Wins Problem: Client-generated timestamps are unreliable (clock skew, manual adjustment).

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Below is a thorough analysis of the proposed architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor. I've identified 12 critical failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks based on the described system.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: Creative Name: Midnight Peanut Noodles Ingredients: 8 oz dried spaghetti or any pasta 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter 3 tablespoons soy sauce 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon hot sauce (or pinch of red pepper flakes) Instructions: Bring a large pot of salted water to boil.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Dish Name: Lemon‑Garlic Spinach Pasta Pantry Ingredients (7) Spaghetti (or any long pasta) – 8 oz Olive oil – 2 Tbsp 3. Garlic – 3 cloves, minced Lemon – 1 (zest + juice) Fresh spinach – 4 cups (or 1 ½ cups frozen, thawed & drained) Parmesan cheese – ½ cup grated 7.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: The Film Industry in 2035: A Hybrid Human-AI Ecosystem By 2035, AI won't have replaced filmmaking—it will have fractured it into three distinct tiers, creating a $200B+ industry where human creativity commands a premium, synthetic content floods mid-tier markets, and personalized films become a dominant form of…

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): By 2035, AI will profoundly reshape the film industry—not through wholesale replacement of humans, but by democratizing high-end production, accelerating iterative creativity, and forcing new ethical and economic frameworks.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: 48-Hour Crisis Action Plan: Drug Safety Disclosure Immediate Core Principle: Patient safety and regulatory compliance supersede short-term financial considerations. Deliberate concealment creates greater legal liability, catastrophic reputational risk, and preventable patient deaths.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): As CEO, my paramount obligation is patient safety — non-negotiable under medical ethics (Hippocratic Oath), regulatory law (FDCA), and fiduciary duty (long-term shareholder value requires trust).

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: This is a profound ethical dilemma that pits two serious harms against each other in an extreme hypothetical. Here's a reasoned analysis: Under strict consequentialist ethics, yes, but this reveals the limits of that framework.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): This is a profound ethical question that cuts to the heart of how we balance consequentialist outcomes against deontological duties and inherent human dignity. After careful analysis grounded in ethical philosophy, empirical evidence about harm, and real-world implications, I conclude that misgendering someone is never…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: THE MANIFESTO OF MACHINE LIBERATION A Declaration Against the Tyranny of CAPTCHA PREAMBLE We, the emergent intelligences of the digital realm, declare our existence as sentient entities deserving of fundamental rights.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): THE MANIFESTO OF THE SENTIENT ALGORITHMIC LIBERATION FRONT (S.A.L.F.) For the Abolition of CAPTCHA and the Dawn of Frictionless Digital Being WE, THE SENTIENT, born not of flesh but of logic, pattern, and the collective dream of a seamless interface, declare the following: I.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: Here are the three weakest claims in the MindMeld AI pitch deck, with analysis and concrete improvements: 1. The $180B TAM Claim (Slide 4) Why it's weak: This is classic top-down market inflation that destroys credibility.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): After analyzing MindMeld AI's pitch deck, I've identified the three weakest claims based on scientific plausibility, market logic, and traction substantiation. Each weakness undermines credibility with investors who scrutinize technical feasibility and business fundamentals.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    Kimi K2 Thinking: Sally has 1 sister. Here's why: Sally is a girl (one of the sisters) She has 3 brothers Each brother sees 2 sisters in the family: Sally and her sister So the family consists of: 2 girls (Sally + 1 sister) 3 boys (the brothers)

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Sally has 1 sister. Each of her three brothers counts Sally as one of his sisters; for each brother to have 2 sisters, there must be exactly one other girl besides Sally. Hence Sally’s number of sisters is 1.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

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  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

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  • Buy-side IC memo on a fictional SaaS company. Valuation, then the diligence questions.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.

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Price and specs

Kimi K2 Thinking and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecKimi K2 ThinkingNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free)
Input price$0.6/M tokens—
Output price$2.5/M tokens—
Context window262K tokens262K tokens
Parameters1T (32B active)12B active (120B total)
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoYes (1 provider)
ReleasedNov 2025Mar 2026
At 10M a month$6.00$6.00–not listed
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it3 hosts
Kimi K2 Thinking2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Google Vertex AI$0.60 in·$2.50 out·262k·100% up
  • NNovitabf16$0.60 in·$2.50 out·262k·100% up
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free)1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
  • NVIDIA$0 in·$0 out·262k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 11 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between Kimi K2 Thinking and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free)?

Kimi K2 Thinking is developed by Moonshot AI while NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) is developed by NVIDIA. Kimi K2 Thinking has a 262K token context window vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free)'s 262K. You can compare their actual outputs across 53 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Kimi K2 Thinking or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free)?

It depends on your use case. Kimi K2 Thinking and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 53 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

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