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GLM 5 vs Kimi K2 Thinking

GLM 5 leads Kimi K2 Thinking on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 27.9 to 22.0, and Kimi K2 Thinking costs 1.3x less per output token ($2.50 vs $3.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 24 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace GLM 5 Replace Kimi K2 Thinking
GLM 5Z.ai
Coding
41.7
Overall
54.3
Output $/M
$3.20
20
Kimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AI
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$2.50
4
vs boards won of 24 shared

GLM 5 or Kimi K2 Thinking: which to pick

Only GLM 5 has a coding score, 41.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Kimi K2 Thinking has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Kimi K2 Thinking for output tokens 1.3x cheaper ($2.50 vs $3.20 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.61 against $0.63).

Model AGLM 5Z.ai41.7/1003 independent benchmarks$0.63 per solved taskModel BKimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AINot benchmarked1 independent benchmark$0.61 per solved task
Shared results
24
GLM 5 only
52
Kimi K2 Thinking only
6
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
GLM 5 41.7 from 3 benchmarks, Kimi K2 Thinking not benchmarked.
Widest category
Web design, 16.8 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI): GLM 5 81.9% against Kimi K2 Thinking 63.1%, 18.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GLM 5 $3.20 against Kimi K2 Thinking $2.50 per million output tokens, 1.3x apart.
Context window
GLM 5 takes 205K tokens, Kimi K2 Thinking 262K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGLM 5BarsKimi K2 ThinkingTies
Coding70
Intelligence11
Agentic work10
Reasoning21
Math10
Knowledge42
Web design10
General30
All shared boards204
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index70
Coding benchmarks for GLM 5 and Kimi K2 Thinking
BenchmarkGLM 5Kimi K2 ThinkingLeader
SWE-bench Verified72.8%63.4%GLM 5
SWE-bench Multilingual69.7%Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena WebDev1435Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)81.9%63.1%GLM 5
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)71.4%60.2%GLM 5
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)23.4%Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured85.3%Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)43.2%31.1%GLM 5
Terminal-Bench52.4%35.7%GLM 5
WeirdML48.2%42.8%GLM 5
ALE-Bench765.6597.5GLM 5
LMArena Text: coding1461Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: software and IT1460Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena WebDev: React1424Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena WebDev: HTML1450Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
Intelligence benchmarks for GLM 5 and Kimi K2 Thinking
BenchmarkGLM 5Kimi K2 ThinkingLeader
AA Intelligence Index27.922.0GLM 5
Epoch Capabilities Index145.8145.8Kimi K2 Thinking
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for GLM 5 and Kimi K2 Thinking
BenchmarkGLM 5Kimi K2 ThinkingLeader
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps1123Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps1136Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Design Arena: agents building Android apps1147Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Design Arena: agents building Godot games1144Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Design Arena: HTML slides1098Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
τ²-Bench Telecom98.2%93.0%GLM 5
METR time horizonsNot measured59.2%Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured
Vending-Bench 2$4,432Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21
Reasoning benchmarks for GLM 5 and Kimi K2 Thinking
BenchmarkGLM 5Kimi K2 ThinkingLeader
GPQA Diamond83.3%78.5%GLM 5
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)82.0%83.8%Kimi K2 Thinking
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)29.3%23.8%GLM 5
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)87.8%Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
ARC-AGI44.7%Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
ARC-AGI-24.9%Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
SimpleBench53.2%Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts1452Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: expert1454Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English1460Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Kagi LLM Benchmark75.0%Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Math benchmarks for GLM 5 and Kimi K2 Thinking
BenchmarkGLM 5Kimi K2 ThinkingLeader
AIME91.7%85.4%GLM 5
MGSM (Vals AI)Not measured90.2%Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured
AA Math IndexNot measured94.7Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured94.7%Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured
OTIS Mock AIME80.0%Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: math1440Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: mathematical work1451Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index42
Knowledge benchmarks for GLM 5 and Kimi K2 Thinking
BenchmarkGLM 5Kimi K2 ThinkingLeader
MMLU Pro86.0%81.1%GLM 5
LegalBench (Vals AI)84.1%80.2%GLM 5
CaseLaw (Vals AI)52.5%65.7%Kimi K2 Thinking
CorpFin (Vals AI)62.9%60.6%GLM 5
TaxEval (Vals AI)70.0%71.7%Kimi K2 Thinking
MedQA (Vals AI)94.3%92.6%GLM 5
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured84.8%Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured
LMArena Text: science1460Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare1455Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: legal and government1453Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: business and finance1430Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Web design benchmarks for GLM 5 and Kimi K2 Thinking
BenchmarkGLM 5Kimi K2 ThinkingLeader
Design Arena: websites12471113GLM 5
Design Arena: UI components1227Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Design Arena: game dev1234Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Design Arena: data viz1228Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Design Arena: 3D1228Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Design Arena: all code categories1246Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Design Arena: SVG1168Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1147Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
General benchmarks for GLM 5 and Kimi K2 Thinking
BenchmarkGLM 5Kimi K2 ThinkingLeader
IFBench72.3%68.1%GLM 5
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)75.7%72.0%GLM 5
CL-bench18.7%17.6%GLM 5
LMArena Text1446Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: instruction following1428Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: creative writing1438Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: English1458Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: non-English1430Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: Chinese1511Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: German1447Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: Japanese1416Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: Korean1423Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: French1456Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: Spanish1454Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: Russian1436Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: Polish1434Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn1456Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: longer queries1446Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: writing and language1437Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
LMArena Text: entertainment and media1426Not measuredOnly GLM 5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for GLM 5 and Kimi K2 Thinking
BenchmarkGLM 5Kimi K2 ThinkingLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

GLM 5$0.0026Fits in one request
Kimi K2 Thinking$0.0019Fits in one request

Kimi K2 Thinking costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GLM 5$0.060Fits in one request
Kimi K2 Thinking$0.037Fits in one request

Kimi K2 Thinking costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GLM 5$0.232Exceeds the context window
Kimi K2 Thinking$0.145Fits in one request

Kimi K2 Thinking costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of GLM 5 and Kimi K2 Thinking
SpecificationZ.ai GLM 5MoonshotAI Kimi K2 Thinking
MakerZ.aiMoonshot AI
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedFebruary 11, 2026November 6, 2025
Context window205K262K
Input $/Mtok$1.00$0.60
Output $/Mtok$3.20$2.50
Coding index41.7Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it31
Cost per solved task$0.63$0.61
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GLM 5 better than Kimi K2 Thinking for coding?

Only GLM 5 has a coding score, 41.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Kimi K2 Thinking has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Kimi K2 Thinking for output tokens 1.3x cheaper ($2.50 vs $3.20 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.61 against $0.63).

Which is cheaper, GLM 5 or Kimi K2 Thinking?

GLM 5 costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens; Kimi K2 Thinking costs $0.60 and $2.50. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, GLM 5 costs $0.63 and Kimi K2 Thinking $0.61.

Which has the bigger context window, GLM 5 or Kimi K2 Thinking?

Kimi K2 Thinking, with 262K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks is the GLM 5 vs Kimi K2 Thinking comparison based on?

24 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GLM 5's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Kimi K2 Thinking's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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