Model comparison

GLM-4.6V vs Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.4 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.6V Z.ai (Zhipu)

40.9

Rank #133 Confirmed

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo Moonshot AI

45.4

Rank #63 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6V scores higher in 1 category and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 50.9 to 37.4.

Side by side

GLM-4.6V and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo specifications
GLM-4.6VKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Moonshot AI
Noometry Index40.945.4
Released2025-12-082025-11-06
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$0.90—
Results tracked1221

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 40.2 (#128), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.1 (#166)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Coding13901454
LMArena WebDev—1322

Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

GLM-4.6V: 26.5 (#117), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 31.4 (#72)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Hard Prompts13681428
Chess Puzzles—20%

Math Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: —, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 45.5 (#62)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—83.1%
LMArena Math—1429

Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

GLM-4.6V: 37.4 (#148), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#64)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Expert13721439
GPQA Diamond—84.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: 34.2 (#83), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Vision1164—

Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

GLM-4.6V: 48.8 (#135), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.6 (#104)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Non-English13591398
LMArena Chinese14261457
LMArena Russian13411390
LMArena French—1425
LMArena German—1390
LMArena Japanese—1356
LMArena Korean—1329
LMArena Spanish—1407

Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

GLM-4.6V: 71.6 (#145), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.2 (#103)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following13511403

Long Context Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#138), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#99)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Longer Query13581415

Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

GLM-4.6V: 56.8 (#132), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.2 (#99)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Text13771415
LMArena Creative Writing13471373
LMArena Multi-Turn13591414

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.6V better than Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo?

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.4 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.6V or Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better for coding?

GLM-4.6V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.2 versus 38.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6V and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6V has 12 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21.

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