Head-to-head comparison across 4benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
GLM-4.7
71
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
78
Pick Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-4.7 only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 200K context window.
Agentic
+9.3 difference
Coding
+6.2 difference
Knowledge
+26.7 difference
Math
+0.4 difference
GLM-4.7
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
$0 / $0
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82 t/s
N/A
1.10s
N/A
200K
128K
Pick Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-4.7 only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 200K context window.
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 78 to 71. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)'s sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 87.3 against 60.6. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 41% to 50.8%.
GLM-4.7 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning).
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 78 to 71. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 41% and 50.8%.
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 87.3 versus 60.6. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 76.8 versus 70.6. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.1 versus 95.7. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 54.6 versus 45.3. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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