Kimi K2 Thinking vs GLM-5
Moonshot AI Kimi K2 Thinking | Z.ai GLM-5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Moonshot AI | Z.ai |
| Release date | Nov 6 2025 | Feb 12 2026 |
| Access | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | 1T | 744B |
Context window | 256k | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 71.3% | 77.8%Best |
Multilingual coding SWE-Bench MultilingualLike SWE-Bench, but the coding problems span many programming languages, not just one. Tests how broadly the AI can code. Higher is better. | — | 73.3% |
Agentic terminal coding Terminal-Bench 2.0Can the AI work in a command-line terminal — running commands and finishing technical setup tasks the way a developer would? (Version 2.0 of the test.) Higher is better. | — | 56.2% |
Web browsing BrowseCompCan the AI browse the web and track down hard-to-find answers? Higher is better. | — | 75.9% |
Multidisciplinary reasoning Humanity's Last Exam · with toolsHumanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects. “With tools” means the AI is allowed to search the web or run code while answering. Higher is better. | — | 50.4% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | — | 86% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Kimi K2 Thinking shipped 98 days before GLM-5 | |
Which is better: Kimi K2 Thinking or GLM-5?
GLM-5 leads Kimi K2 Thinking on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). Kimi K2 Thinking shipped 98 days before GLM-5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Kimi K2 Thinking has 1T parameters, while GLM-5 has 744B.
On SWE-Bench Verified, GLM-5 leads at 77.8% vs Kimi K2 Thinking at 71.3%.
Frequently asked questions
Kimi K2 Thinking was released by Moonshot AI on Nov 6 2025.
GLM-5 was released by Z.ai on Feb 12 2026.
GLM-5 leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Kimi K2 Thinking 71.3% vs GLM-5 77.8%.
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