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GLM 5V Turbo vs Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 leads GLM 5V Turbo on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 27.0 to 23.5, at about the same output price ($4.00 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 63 benchmarks have a result for both.

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GLM 5V TurboZ.ai
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$4.00
3
Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI
Coding
52.1
Overall
60.5
Output $/M
$4.00
60
vs boards won of 63 shared

GLM 5V Turbo or Kimi K2.6: which to pick

Only Kimi K2.6 has a coding score, 52.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; GLM 5V Turbo has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick GLM 5V Turbo for work measured by Design Arena: agents building Android apps or Design Arena: PowerPoint slides, where it leads.

Model AGLM 5V TurboZ.aiNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BKimi K2.6Moonshot AI52.1/1003 independent benchmarks$0.35 per solved task
Shared results
63
GLM 5V Turbo only
2
Kimi K2.6 only
46
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 5V Turbo not benchmarked, Kimi K2.6 52.1 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 13.1 points apart on average over 7 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena WebDev: HTML: GLM 5V Turbo 1356 against Kimi K2.6 1485, 21.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Both cost $4.00 per million output tokens.
Context window
GLM 5V Turbo takes 203K tokens, Kimi K2.6 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 5V TurboBarsKimi K2.6Ties
Coding07
Intelligence01
Agentic work36
Reasoning07
Math02
Knowledge04
Web design08
General025
All shared boards360
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index07
Coding benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboKimi K2.6Leader
LMArena WebDev14021509Kimi K2.6
AA Coding IndexNot measured61.8Only Kimi K2.6 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured86.8%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured76.2%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured37.9%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured27.8%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured53.6%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
SciCodeNot measured51.5%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)32.6%43.9%Kimi K2.6
WeirdMLNot measured55.9%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
ALE-BenchNot measured1092.7Only Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Text: coding14661489Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: software and IT14601484Kimi K2.6
LMArena WebDev: React13861505Kimi K2.6
LMArena WebDev: HTML13561485Kimi K2.6
LMArena WebDev: from an image14251521Kimi K2.6
Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboKimi K2.6Leader
AA Intelligence Index23.527.0Kimi K2.6
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured150.9Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index36
Agentic work benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboKimi K2.6Leader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured20.5Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building web apps11241268Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps11491155Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps11341156Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: agents building Android apps12671161GLM 5V Turbo
Design Arena: agents building Godot games9571120Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: agents building games11021141Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: HTML slides10701135Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides11271103GLM 5V Turbo
Design Arena: spreadsheetsNot measured1276Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured44.9%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured12.4%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured15.9%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured57.9%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
τ²-Bench Telecom98.5%95.9%GLM 5V Turbo
OSWorld 2.0Not measured4.6%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$6,205Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index07
Reasoning benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboKimi K2.6Leader
GPQA DiamondNot measured89.1%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured86.3%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)80.9%91.1%Kimi K2.6
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)17.1%37.5%Kimi K2.6
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured90.8%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Chess puzzlesNot measured20.0%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured18.0%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
EBR-benchNot measured2.4%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14431470Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: expert14531491Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14561471Kimi K2.6
LMArena Vision: diagrams12861298Kimi K2.6
LMArena Vision: homework12731310Kimi K2.6
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboKimi K2.6Leader
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured96.1%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured57.2%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured25.6%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
ProofBenchNot measured16.0%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Text: math14421474Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: mathematical work14471480Kimi K2.6
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboKimi K2.6Leader
MMLU ProNot measured87.6%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured84.7%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured61.2%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured66.7%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured74.7%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured65.8%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured40.1%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured34.9%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Text: science14481468Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14331457Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: legal and government14361462Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: business and finance14351445Kimi K2.6
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index08
Web design benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboKimi K2.6Leader
Design Arena: websites12301268Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: UI components12101263Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: game dev12181250Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: data viz12021249Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: 3D12081267Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: all code categories12281271Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: SVG11511181Kimi K2.6
Design Arena: ASCII art11171165Kimi K2.6
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index025
General benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboKimi K2.6Leader
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured56.6%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured50.2%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured78.2%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured56.4%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
IFBench61.1%76.0%Kimi K2.6
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)70.3%81.0%Kimi K2.6
DTBenchNot measured90.9%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
LMCANot measured37.3%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
Furniture assemblyNot measured21.7%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
ExploitBenchNot measured18.4%Only Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Text14371455Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: instruction following14231451Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: creative writing14171434Kimi K2.6
LMArena Vision12641282Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: English14541460Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: non-English14201446Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: Chinese14911520Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: German14221451Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1443Only Kimi K2.6 measured
LMArena Text: Korean13971427Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: French14431471Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: Spanish14521464Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: Russian14321446Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: Polish14321438Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: multi-turn14311453Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: longer queries14381468Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: writing and language14201439Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14071428Kimi K2.6
LMArena Vision: English12741287Kimi K2.6
LMArena Vision: Chinese13291346Kimi K2.6
LMArena Vision: reading text12701291Kimi K2.6
LMArena Vision: humor12681280Kimi K2.6
LMArena Vision: captioning1264Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1241Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing12521273Kimi K2.6
LMArena Document14161451Kimi K2.6
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Kimi K2.6
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboKimi K2.6Leader
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 5V Turbo$0.0032Fits in one request
Kimi K2.6$0.0029Fits in one request

Kimi K2.6 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GLM 5V Turbo$0.072Fits in one request
Kimi K2.6$0.059Fits in one request

Kimi K2.6 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GLM 5V Turbo$0.280Exceeds the context window
Kimi K2.6$0.230Fits in one request

Kimi K2.6 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 5V Turbo and Kimi K2.6
SpecificationZ.ai GLM 5V TurboMoonshotAI Kimi K2.6
MakerZ.aiMoonshot AI
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedApril 1, 2026April 20, 2026
Context window203K262K
Input $/Mtok$1.20$0.95
Output $/Mtok$4.00$4.00
Coding indexNot benchmarked52.1
Independent measurements behind it13
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.35
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GLM 5V Turbo better than Kimi K2.6 for coding?

Only Kimi K2.6 has a coding score, 52.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; GLM 5V Turbo has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GLM 5V Turbo for work measured by Design Arena: agents building Android apps or Design Arena: PowerPoint slides, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, GLM 5V Turbo or Kimi K2.6?

GLM 5V Turbo costs $1.20 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.6 costs $0.95 and $4.00. Cost per solved task is known for Kimi K2.6 only.

Which has the bigger context window, GLM 5V Turbo or Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6, with 262K tokens against 203K.

How many benchmarks is the GLM 5V Turbo vs Kimi K2.6 comparison based on?

63 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GLM 5V Turbo's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Kimi K2.6's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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