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Kimi K1.5 vs GLM-4-9B

Moonshot AI
Kimi K1.5
Z.ai
GLM-4-9B
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIZ.ai
Release dateJan 20 2025Jun 5 2024
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Specifications
Parameters
9B
Context window
128k
Timeline
Release gapGLM-4-9B shipped 229 days before Kimi K1.5

Which is better: Kimi K1.5 or GLM-4-9B?

Kimi K1.5 and GLM-4-9B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GLM-4-9B shipped 229 days before Kimi K1.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K1.5 is proprietary, while GLM-4-9B is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Kimi K1.5 and GLM-4-9B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Kimi K1.5 was released by Moonshot AI on Jan 20 2025.

GLM-4-9B was released by Z.ai on Jun 5 2024.

Kimi K1.5 is a proprietary model released by Moonshot AI. GLM-4-9B is an open weight model released by Z.ai.

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