# GLM-5.3 vs Kimi K2.6

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.3 and Kimi K2.6 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-3-vs-kimi-2-6
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5.3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2.6 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GLM-5.3 leads overall 65.44 to 59.22.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 67.4 for GLM-5.3 and 43.8 for Kimi K2.6.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 95.4% and 76.2%.
- GLM-5.3 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GLM-5.3 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.3 | Kimi K2.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 65.44 | 59.22 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 37 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.95 / $4.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: GLM-5.3
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 67.4 (Supported · #9/117)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.8 (Supported · #50/117)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | 28.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 84.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 15.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 73.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 48.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 28.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 62.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 71.5% | 53.6% | GLM-5.3 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 66.7% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 83.2% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 73.1% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 50% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 55.9% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 62.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 92.5% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 56.82% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 4.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GLM-5.3
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 56.8 (Supported · #24/142)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 46.2 (Supported · #48/142)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | 28.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 66.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 58% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 19.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | 78.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | 42.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | 39.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 78.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 30.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 80.5% | 86.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 95.4% | 76.2% | GLM-5.3 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 58.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 76.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 52.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 66.7% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 37.89% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | Coming soon | 47.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 77.1 (#11/27)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 64.9 (#27/50)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 79.4% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | Coming soon | 80.1% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GLM-5.3
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 61.9 (Supported · #35/168)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 59.1 (Supported · #40/168)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 88.1% | 89.1% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.8% | 87.6% | Kimi K2.6 |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 90.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 90.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 34.7% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 71 (#1/7)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 96.4% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 38.966% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 14.580% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.3 or Kimi K2.6?

GLM-5.3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.3 and Kimi K2.6?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 67.4 for GLM-5.3 and 43.8 for Kimi K2.6.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5.3 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5.3 currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K2.6 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K2.6 currently has 37 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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