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Kimi K2 Thinking vs GLM-4-Plus

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Thinking
Z.ai
GLM-4-Plus
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIZ.ai
Release dateNov 6 2025Aug 29 2024
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
71.3%
Timeline
Release gapGLM-4-Plus shipped 434 days before Kimi K2 Thinking

Which is better: Kimi K2 Thinking or GLM-4-Plus?

Kimi K2 Thinking and GLM-4-Plus don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GLM-4-Plus shipped 434 days before Kimi K2 Thinking, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 Thinking is open weight, while GLM-4-Plus is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Kimi K2 Thinking and GLM-4-Plus don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Kimi K2 Thinking was released by Moonshot AI on Nov 6 2025.

GLM-4-Plus was released by Z.ai on Aug 29 2024.

Kimi K2 Thinking is an open weight model released by Moonshot AI. GLM-4-Plus is a proprietary model released by Z.ai.

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