Kimi K2.6 vs GLM-4.7
Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 | Z.ai GLM-4.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Moonshot AI | Z.ai |
| Release date | Apr 21 2026 | Dec 22 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | 1T | — |
Context window | 256k | 128k |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 65% | — |
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. | 80.2%Best | 73.8% |
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. | — | 41% |
Web browsing BrowseCompCan the AI browse the web and track down hard-to-find answers? Higher is better. | — | 52% |
Multidisciplinary reasoning Humanity's Last Exam · no toolsHumanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects, written so you can't just look up the answer. “No tools” means the AI answers on its own. Higher is better. | — | 24.8% |
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. | — | 42.8% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 90.5%Best | 85.7% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | GLM-4.7 shipped 120 days before Kimi K2.6 | |
Which is better: Kimi K2.6 or GLM-4.7?
Kimi K2.6 leads GLM-4.7 on 2 of the 2 benchmarks they both report (SWE-Bench Verified, GPQA Diamond). GLM-4.7 shipped 120 days before Kimi K2.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Context windows are 256k (Kimi K2.6) vs 128k (GLM-4.7).
On SWE-Bench Verified, Kimi K2.6 leads at 80.2% vs GLM-4.7 at 73.8%. On GPQA Diamond, Kimi K2.6 leads at 90.5% vs GLM-4.7 at 85.7%.
Frequently asked questions
Kimi K2.6 was released by Moonshot AI on Apr 21 2026.
GLM-4.7 was released by Z.ai on Dec 22 2025.
Kimi K2.6 leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Kimi K2.6 80.2% vs GLM-4.7 73.8%.
Kimi K2.6 leads on GPQA Diamond — Kimi K2.6 90.5% vs GLM-4.7 85.7%.
Kimi K2.6 has a 256k context window; GLM-4.7 has 128k.