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Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite vs zilo instruct v2 sft filtered

Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite (Arcee AI) and zilo instruct v2 sft filtered (Arcee AI) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 22 September 2026

As of 22 September 2026, Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#238 vs #256); and zilo instruct v2 sft filtered ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #238 against #256 (8.5 vs 3.9 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite was listed 10 September 2024, zilo instruct v2 sft filtered 24 May 2024.

Choose zilo instruct v2 sft filtered if…

  • you want to self-host: zilo instruct v2 sft filtered ships open weights while Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite is restricted license.

Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite vs zilo instruct v2 sft filtered: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite and zilo instruct v2 sft filtered
FieldLlama 3.1 SuperNova LiteArcee AIzilo instruct v2 sft filteredArcee AI
ModelCap Index position#238#256
Index score8.53.9
EvidenceInheritedInherited
Input price / 1M tokensUnlistedUnlisted
Output price / 1M tokensUnlistedUnlisted
Context window— tokens— tokens
Max output tokens
API providers listed00
Weight accessRestricted licenseOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed10 September 202424 May 2024
PublisherArcee AIArcee AI

Evidence: base of meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct · base (100%) · finetune of mistralai/Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.2 · finetune (100%). Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite vs zilo instruct v2 sft filtered

Neither model has a published result on a public benchmark board ModelCap tracks yet.

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite vs zilo instruct v2 sft filtered: common questions

Is Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite better than zilo instruct v2 sft filtered?

Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 22 September 2026: #238 against #256. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite cheaper than zilo instruct v2 sft filtered?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite or zilo instruct v2 sft filtered?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite or zilo instruct v2 sft filtered?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite and zilo instruct v2 sft filtered open-weight models?

Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite: Restricted license. zilo instruct v2 sft filtered: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite and zilo instruct v2 sft filtered?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite and 0 for zilo instruct v2 sft filtered, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Llama 3.1 SuperNova Lite vs zilo instruct v2 sft filtered comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 22 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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