Model comparison

GLM-4.5V vs Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 39.8 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)

39.8

Rank #158 Confirmed

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 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 57.0 to 37.4.
  • 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 Index39.847.7
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: 39.5 (#155), Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43)

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: 21.9 (#137)

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: 27.4 (#119), Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2.6
LMArena Hard Prompts13341470
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—151.05

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 37.4 (#159), Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41)

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 37.5 (#156), Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54)

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: 34.3 (#92), Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2.6
LMArena Vision11541283
Blueprint-Bench 2—3.9%
Furniture Assembly—21.7%
LMArena Document—1451

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 44.6 (#177), Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English13031446
LMArena Chinese13371521
LMArena Russian12981446
LMArena Spanish13361464
LMArena French—1471
LMArena German—1450
LMArena Japanese—1443
LMArena Korean—1427

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 69.2 (#175), Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43)

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

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#171), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2.6
LMArena Longer Query13041468

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 52.5 (#170), Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VKimi K2.6
LMArena Text13331455
LMArena Creative Writing12951434
LMArena Multi-Turn13321453
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 47.7 to 39.8 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: 50.7 versus 39.5 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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