# GLM-5 vs Kimi K2.6

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5 and Kimi K2.6 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-vs-kimi-2-6
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 19
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Kimi K2.6 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Kimi K2.6 has the higher overall point estimate 58.74 to 54.14. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 57.7 for GLM-5 and 72.2 for Kimi K2.6.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 31.1% and 55.9%.
- GLM-5 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Kimi K2.6 also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5 | Kimi K2.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 54.14 | 58.74 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 40 | 37 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.00 / $3.20 | $0.95 / $4.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 39.9 (Estimated · #62/123)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.7 (Supported · #57/123)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.2% | 66.7% | Kimi K2.6 |
| BrowseComp | 62% | 83.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| HLE w/ tools | 50.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 57.7% | 62.3% | Kimi K2.6 |
| QwenClawBench | 54.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 65.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | 14.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 38% | 50% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MCP Atlas | 31.1% | 55.9% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MCP-Tasks | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 69.8% | 80.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| CyberGym | 43.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 50.99% | 56.82% | Kimi K2.6 |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 73.1% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 92.5% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 4.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 38.4 (Estimated · #67/146)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.9 (Supported · #54/146)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.8% | 80.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 72.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | 58.6% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE Multilingual | 73.3% | 76.7% | Kimi K2.6 |
| NL2Repo | 35.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 74.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.2% | 66.7% | Kimi K2.6 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 52.2% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 37.89% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | Coming soon | 47.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 76.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 71.1 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 73.8 (#27/54)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | 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: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 49.8 (Estimated · #79/177)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 59.8 (Supported · #45/177)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 86% | 90.5% | Kimi K2.6 |
| GPQA-D | 86.0% | 90.5% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SuperGPQA | 66.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 30.5% | 34.7% | Kimi K2.6 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.6% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 89.5 (#6/17)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 88.6 (#34/127)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 92.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 57.7 (#7/7)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 72.2 (#1/7)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.8% | 96.4% | Kimi K2.6 |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 93.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 97.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 96.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 86.4% | 92.7% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMAnswerBench | 82.5% | 86.0% | Kimi K2.6 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 16.434% | 38.966% | Kimi K2.6 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 2.100% | 14.580% | Kimi K2.6 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5 or Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5 and Kimi K2.6?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 57.7 for GLM-5 and 72.2 for Kimi K2.6.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5 currently has 40 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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