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Model comparison

GLM-4.5-Air vs Kimi K2.7 Code

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 12 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

46.84/100
Margin
7.2pts
winning →
Moonshot AI
54.03/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: GLM-4.5-Air #140 (Supported); Kimi K2.7 Code #92 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. GLM-4.5-Air and Kimi K2.7 Code share 12 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 0 results are unique to GLM-4.5-Air; 11 to Kimi K2.7 Code.

Updated July 27, 2026
Shared results
12
GLM-4.5-Air only
0
Kimi K2.7 Code only
11
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for GLM-4.5-Air and Kimi K2.7 Code is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 12 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Kimi K2.7 Code is priced at $0.95 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.20 input / $1.10 output per 1M tokens for GLM-4.5-Air. Kimi K2.7 Code has the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for GLM-4.5-Air.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGLM-4.5-AirKimi K2.7 CodeComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGLM-4.5-Air$0.2 input / $1.1 outputKimi K2.7 Code$0.95 input / $4 outputGLM-4.5-Air has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGLM-4.5-Air106 tok/sKimi K2.7 CodeNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGLM-4.5-Air1.18 sKimi K2.7 CodeNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGLM-4.5-Air128KKimi K2.7 Code256KKimi K2.7 Code lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirKimi K2.7 CodeResult
τ²-bench resultsSource 46.5%90.1%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Kimi Claw 24/7Source 46.9%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 76%Not comparable
MCP Mark VerifiedSource 81.1%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 29.6%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 34.3%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1186Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirKimi K2.7 CodeResult
AA-SciCodeSource 30.6%47.5%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Kimi Code Bench v2Source 62.0%Not comparable
ProgramBenchSource 53.6%Not comparable
MLS-Bench LiteSource 35.1%Not comparable
cursorBench32Source 49.7%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 60.8%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirKimi K2.7 CodeResult
AA-LCRSource 43.7%66.3%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
CritPtSource 0.0%10.0%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirKimi K2.7 CodeResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 16.5%42.0%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 73.3%89.6%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-HLESource 6.8%32.8%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -62.5%-10.7%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 15.5%38.6%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 92.3%80.3%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Multimodal
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirKimi K2.7 CodeResult
Design Arena WebsiteSource 11711300Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirKimi K2.7 CodeResult
AA-IFBenchSource 37.6%63.1%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare GLM-4.5-Air and Kimi K2.7 Code on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for GLM-4.5-Air and Kimi K2.7 Code today?

GLM-4.5-Air: $0.20 input / $1.10 output per 1M tokens Kimi K2.7 Code: $0.95 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

GLM-4.5-Air
API / mo$975
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Kimi K2.7 Code
API / mo$3,713
Self-host / mo$18,221
Break-even326M/day
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 27, 2026

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