Kimi K2 vs GLM-4.7
Moonshot AI Kimi K2 | Z.ai GLM-4.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Moonshot AI | Z.ai |
| Release date | Jul 11 2025 | Dec 22 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | 1T | — |
Context window | 128k | 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. | 10% | — |
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. | 65.8% | 73.8%Best |
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. | 75.1% | 85.7%Best |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Kimi K2 shipped 164 days before GLM-4.7 | |
Which is better: Kimi K2 or GLM-4.7?
GLM-4.7 leads Kimi K2 on 2 of the 2 benchmarks they both report (SWE-Bench Verified, GPQA Diamond). Kimi K2 shipped 164 days before GLM-4.7, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Context windows are 128k (Kimi K2) vs 128k (GLM-4.7).
On SWE-Bench Verified, GLM-4.7 leads at 73.8% vs Kimi K2 at 65.8%. On GPQA Diamond, GLM-4.7 leads at 85.7% vs Kimi K2 at 75.1%.
Frequently asked questions
Kimi K2 was released by Moonshot AI on Jul 11 2025.
GLM-4.7 was released by Z.ai on Dec 22 2025.
GLM-4.7 leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Kimi K2 65.8% vs GLM-4.7 73.8%.
GLM-4.7 leads on GPQA Diamond — Kimi K2 75.1% vs GLM-4.7 85.7%.
Kimi K2 has a 128k context window; GLM-4.7 has 128k.