Model comparison

GLM-4.5V vs Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 39.2 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5V costs 1.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.6's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5V Z.ai (Zhipu)

39.2

Rank #158 Confirmed

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.5

Rank #52 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5V scores higher in 1 category and Kimi K2.6 in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.6 leads 56.8 to 34.7.
  • GLM-4.5V is cheaper at $0.60 / $1.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.95 / $4 for Kimi K2.6.
  • Kimi K2.6 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 64K.

Side by side

GLM-4.5V and Kimi K2.6 specifications
GLM-4.5VKimi K2.6
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Moonshot AI
Noometry Index39.247.5
Released2025-08-112026-04-20
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window64K262K
Max output16K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$0.95
Output $ / M tokens$1.80$4
Results tracked1551

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 38.9 (#152), Kimi K2.6: 50.5 (#41)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2.6
LMArena Coding13471488
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1509
SciCode—53.5%
WeirdML—55.9%
ALE-Bench—1,093

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.5V: —, Kimi K2.6: 21.8 (#128)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2.6
OSWorld 2.0—4.6%
ExploitBench—18.4%
GBAEval—0.9%
GDP.pdf—12%
Vending-Bench 2—6,205

Reasoning Kimi K2.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 26.5 (#118), Kimi K2.6: 39.6 (#51)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2.6
LMArena Hard Prompts13351470
Kagi LLM Benchmark59.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)—87.2%
CritPt—8%
Chess Puzzles—26%
EBR-Bench—2.4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%
DTBench—90.9%
LMCA—37.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—151.03

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 34.7 (#157), Kimi K2.6: 56.8 (#34)

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 36.8 (#155), Kimi K2.6: 53.9 (#48)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2.6
LMArena Expert13531491
GPQA Diamond—90.8%
SimpleQA Verified—34.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.8%

Multimodal GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 33.6 (#86), Kimi K2.6: 31.8 (#95)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2.6
LMArena Vision11541282
Blueprint-Bench 2—3.9%
Furniture Assembly—21.7%
LMArena Document—1451

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 44.9 (#172), Kimi K2.6: 55.1 (#35)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English13041446
LMArena Chinese13381521
LMArena Russian12991446
LMArena Spanish13351463
LMArena French—1471
LMArena German—1449
LMArena Japanese—1442
LMArena Korean—1428

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 69.4 (#170), Kimi K2.6: 76.5 (#40)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2.6
LMArena Instruction Following13111451

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#166), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#50)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2.6
LMArena Longer Query13051468

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 52.7 (#162), Kimi K2.6: 68.7 (#25)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2.6
LMArena Text13331455
LMArena Creative Writing12951434
LMArena Multi-Turn13331453
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1725
EQ-Bench 4—1202

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5V better than Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 39.2 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5V costs 1.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.6's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5V or Kimi K2.6?

GLM-4.5V is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $1.80 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.6 lists at $0.95 and $4.

Is GLM-4.5V or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.5 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Kimi K2.6 does, with 262K tokens against 64K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5V and Kimi K2.6 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5V has 15 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.

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