Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs Kimi K2.5

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 35 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 35 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.5 in 9 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.5 leads 51.8 to 38.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench: 33.4% for GLM-4.7 and 43.2% for Kimi K2.5.
  • Kimi K2.5 is cheaper at $0.45 / $2.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.7.
  • Kimi K2.5 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

GLM-4.7 and Kimi K2.5 specifications
GLM-4.7Kimi K2.5
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Moonshot AI
Noometry Index42.048.1
Released2025-12-222026-01-27
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K262K
Max output131K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$0.45
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$2.25
Results tracked3651

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79), Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Kimi K2.5
LMArena WebDev14351437
SciCode45.1%49%
LMArena Coding14541474
ALE-Bench399.48821.65
SWE-bench Verified—73.8%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—70.8%
SWE-bench Multilingual—67.3%
WeirdML—45.6%

Agentic & Tool Use Kimi K2.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103), Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Kimi K2.5
Terminal-Bench33.4%43.2%
Vending-Bench 22,3771,198
OSWorld—63.3%

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164), Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Kimi K2.5
SimpleBench47.7%46.8%
CritPt1.7%3.1%
Chess Puzzles6%12%
LMArena Hard Prompts14431453
Epoch Capabilities Index143.51148.03
ARC-AGI-2—11.8%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—78.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—69.9%
ARC-AGI-1—65.3%
EnigmaEval—3.4%
Thematic Generalization—69.4%

Math Kimi K2.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135), Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53)

Knowledge Kimi K2.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80), Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Kimi K2.5
GPQA Diamond83.3%87.6%
SimpleQA Verified32.2%34.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%14.2%
LMArena Expert14241466
Humanity's Last Exam—24.4%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.7: —, Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Kimi K2.5
LMArena Vision—1269
LMArena Document—1430

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79), Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Kimi K2.5
LMArena Non-English14171433
LMArena Chinese14951495
LMArena French14321454
LMArena German14241441
LMArena Japanese14391421
LMArena Korean13991410
LMArena Russian14231435
LMArena Spanish14341450

Instruction Following Too close to call

GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95), Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Kimi K2.5
LMArena Instruction Following14111431

Long Context Kimi K2.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116), Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Kimi K2.5
CL-bench15.9%19.3%
CL-bench Life10.9%13.2%
LMArena Longer Query14321445
Fiction.LiveBench—86.1%

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93), Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Kimi K2.5
LMArena Text14351445
LMArena Creative Writing14011423
EQ-Bench Creative Writing14131579
LMArena Multi-Turn14461444

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7 or Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $2.25 per million output tokens; GLM-4.7 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.

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

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Kimi K2.5 does, with 262K tokens against 205K.

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

35 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 has 51.

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