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Kimi K2 Thinking vs GLM-4.7

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Thinking
Z.ai
GLM-4.7
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIZ.ai
Release dateNov 6 2025Dec 22 2025
AccessOpen WeightOpen Weight
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
128k
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
71.3%
73.8%Best
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.0
41%
Web browsing
BrowseComp
52%
Multidisciplinary reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam · no tools
24.8%
Multidisciplinary reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam · with tools
42.8%
Science
GPQA Diamond
85.7%
Timeline
Release gapKimi K2 Thinking shipped 46 days before GLM-4.7

Which is better: Kimi K2 Thinking or GLM-4.7?

GLM-4.7 leads Kimi K2 Thinking on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). Kimi K2 Thinking shipped 46 days before GLM-4.7, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Context windows are 256k (Kimi K2 Thinking) vs 128k (GLM-4.7).

On SWE-Bench Verified, GLM-4.7 leads at 73.8% vs Kimi K2 Thinking at 71.3%.

Frequently asked questions

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

GLM-4.7 was released by Z.ai on Dec 22 2025.

GLM-4.7 leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Kimi K2 Thinking 71.3% vs GLM-4.7 73.8%.

Kimi K2 Thinking has a 256k context window; GLM-4.7 has 128k.

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