Model comparison

GLM-4.7-Flash vs Kimi K2.5 Instant

Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.8

Rank #180 Confirmed

Kimi K2.5 Instant Moonshot AI

43.6

Rank #89 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.5 Instant in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 60.6 to 47.4.

Side by side

GLM-4.7-Flash and Kimi K2.5 Instant specifications
GLM-4.7-FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Moonshot AI
Noometry Index38.843.6
Released2026-01-19—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window200K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.06—
Output $ / M tokens$0.40—
Results tracked2118

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.6 (#135), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Coding13831484
LMArena WebDev—1404

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.9 (#229), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Hard Prompts13561443
Chess Puzzles0%—

Math Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 36.1 (#173), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Math13551442
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202558.3%—

Knowledge Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.5 (#184), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Expert13571440
GPQA Diamond60.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.7-Flash: —, Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Vision—1254

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.5 (#158), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Non-English13301406
LMArena Chinese14031449
LMArena French13321403
LMArena German13371413
LMArena Korean12831378
LMArena Russian13321404
LMArena Spanish13501447

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.1 (#167), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Instruction Following13271430

Long Context Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#148), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Longer Query13451435

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.4 (#210), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashKimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Text13511420
LMArena Creative Writing12971381
LMArena Multi-Turn13421427
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1125—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7-Flash better than Kimi K2.5 Instant?

Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.7-Flash or Kimi K2.5 Instant better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.6 versus 40.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7-Flash and Kimi K2.5 Instant share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18.

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