Model comparison

GLM-4.5V vs Kimi K2 (Jul 2025)

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 39.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5V Z.ai (Zhipu)

39.2

Rank #158 Confirmed

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) Moonshot AI

40.9

Rank #134 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5V scores higher in 1 category and Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads 62.5 to 52.7.
  • GLM-4.5V is cheaper at $0.60 / $1.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.57 / $2.30 for Kimi K2 (Jul 2025).
  • Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 64K.

Side by side

GLM-4.5V and Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) specifications
GLM-4.5VKimi K2 (Jul 2025)
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Moonshot AI
Noometry Index39.240.9
Released2025-08-112025-07-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window64K262K
Max output16K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$0.57
Output $ / M tokens$1.80$2.30
Results tracked1542

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

GLM-4.5V: 38.9 (#152), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 43.1 (#83)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2 (Jul 2025)
LMArena Coding13471399
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—63.4%
Aider Polyglot—59.1%
GSO—4.9%
WeirdML—42.8%
ALE-Bench—597.5

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.5V: —, Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 32.2 (#59)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2 (Jul 2025)
Terminal-Bench—35.7%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—59.1%
METR Time Horizons—59.2%

Reasoning GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 26.5 (#118), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 22.7 (#173)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2 (Jul 2025)
Kagi LLM Benchmark59.8%64.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts13351384
SimpleBench—26.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.02
ForecastBench—60.2

Math Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

GLM-4.5V: 34.7 (#157), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 40.1 (#81)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2 (Jul 2025)
LMArena Math13531396
Omni-MATH—65.4%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—21.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Too close to call

GLM-4.5V: 36.8 (#155), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 36.9 (#153)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2 (Jul 2025)
LMArena Expert13531363
MMLU-Pro—81.9%
Confabulations—20.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—17.9%
GPQA (HELM)—65.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.5V: 33.6 (#86), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2 (Jul 2025)
LMArena Vision1154—

Multilingual Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

GLM-4.5V: 44.9 (#172), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 49.8 (#125)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2 (Jul 2025)
LMArena Non-English13041372
LMArena Chinese13381416
LMArena Russian12991384
LMArena Spanish13351383
LMArena French—1379
LMArena German—1386
LMArena Japanese—1349
LMArena Korean—1324

Instruction Following Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

GLM-4.5V: 69.4 (#170), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 71.3 (#151)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2 (Jul 2025)
LMArena Instruction Following13111347
IFEval—85%

Long Context Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#166), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 41.2 (#140)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2 (Jul 2025)
LMArena Longer Query13051353
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—17.6%

Writing & Preference Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

GLM-4.5V: 52.7 (#162), Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 62.5 (#76)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2 (Jul 2025)
LMArena Text13331380
LMArena Creative Writing12951349
LMArena Multi-Turn13331371
Short-Story Creative Writing—85.6%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1666
WildBench—86.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5V better than Kimi K2 (Jul 2025)?

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 39.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5V or Kimi K2 (Jul 2025)?

GLM-4.5V is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $1.80 per million output tokens; Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) lists at $0.57 and $2.30.

Is GLM-4.5V or Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) better for coding?

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.1 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) does, with 262K tokens against 64K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5V and Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5V has 15 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) has 42.

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