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Kimi K2.6vsGLM 5.1

Across 18 shared benchmarks, Kimi K2.6 leads overall: Kimi K2.6 wins 14, GLM 5.1 wins 4, with 0 ties and an average score difference of +10.73.

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.6

Moonshot AI · 2026-04-20 · Reasoning model

智谱AI
GLM 5.1

智谱AI · 2026-03-27 · Reasoning model

Kimi K2.614 wins(78%)(22%)4 winsGLM 5.1

Benchmark scores

Grouped by capability, sorted by largest gap within each. 18 shared benchmarks.

Agent Level Benchmark

Kimi K2.6 2/3
BenchmarkKimi K2.6GLM 5.1Diff
τ³-Banking23.3082 / 164Thinking (With Tools)13.60115 / 164Thinking (With Tools)+9.70
τ²-Bench - Telecom93.9043 / 264Normal (With Tools)97.1017 / 264Normal (With Tools)-3.20
Terminal Bench Hard37.9059 / 244Normal (With Tools)35.6070 / 244Normal (With Tools)+2.30

AI Agent - Tool Usage

Kimi K2.6 3/3
BenchmarkKimi K2.6GLM 5.1Diff
Tool Decathlon502 / 10Thinking (With Tools)40.706 / 10Thinking (With Tools)+9.30
Terminal-Bench 2.165.9094 / 192Thinking (With Tools)61.80105 / 192Thinking (With Tools)+4.10
Terminal Bench 2.066.7010 / 48Thinking (With Tools)63.5013 / 48Thinking (With Tools)+3.20

Coding and Software Engineer

Kimi K2.6 2/2
BenchmarkKimi K2.6GLM 5.1Diff
SciCode51.5061 / 130Thinking (No Tools)44.8090 / 130Thinking (No Tools)+6.70
SWE-Bench Pro - Public58.6018 / 62Thinking (With Tools)58.4020 / 62Thinking (With Tools)+0.20

Math and Reasoning

Kimi K2.6 2/2
BenchmarkKimi K2.6GLM 5.1Diff
IMO-AnswerBench8610 / 24Thinking (No Tools)83.8014 / 24Thinking (No Tools)+2.20
AIME 202696.409 / 29Thinking (No Tools)95.3012 / 29Thinking (No Tools)+1.10

AI Agent - Information Search

Kimi K2.6 1/1
BenchmarkKimi K2.6GLM 5.1Diff
BrowseComp83.2016 / 57Thinking (With Tools + Internet)79.3019 / 57Thinking (With Tools + Internet)+3.90

General Evaluation

GLM 5.1 1/1
BenchmarkKimi K2.6GLM 5.1Diff
GPQA Diamond78.80249 / 462Normal (No Tools)83.90180 / 462Normal (No Tools)-5.10

General Knowledge

GLM 5.1 1/1
BenchmarkKimi K2.6GLM 5.1Diff
HLE19.60290 / 563Normal (No Tools) · Text only27.90226 / 563Normal (No Tools) · Text only-8.30

Instruction Following

GLM 5.1 1/1
BenchmarkKimi K2.6GLM 5.1Diff
IF Bench44.30184 / 282Normal (No Tools)52148 / 282Normal (No Tools)-7.70

Long Context

Kimi K2.6 1/1
BenchmarkKimi K2.6GLM 5.1Diff
AA-LCR69.70106 / 170Normal (No Tools)53.30134 / 170Normal (No Tools)+16.40

Multimodal Understanding

Kimi K2.6 1/1
BenchmarkKimi K2.6GLM 5.1Diff
GDP.pdf1365 / 118Thinking (No Tools)8.4086 / 118Thinking (No Tools)+4.60

Text Embedding

Kimi K2.6 1/1
BenchmarkKimi K2.6GLM 5.1Diff
Context Arena51.8886 / 126Normal (No Tools)30.29116 / 126Normal (No Tools)+21.59

Writing and Creative Capabilities

Kimi K2.6 1/1
BenchmarkKimi K2.6GLM 5.1Diff
Creative Writing1,72125 / 106Normal (No Tools)1,58940 / 106Normal (No Tools)+132.10

Specs

FieldKimi K2.6GLM 5.1
PublisherMoonshot AI智谱AI
Release date2026-04-202026-03-27
Model typeReasoning modelReasoning model
ArchitectureMoEMoE
Parameters1T754B
Context length256K200K
Max outputNot available125K

API pricing

Prices use DataLearner records when available; missing fields are not inferred.

ItemKimi K2.6GLM 5.1
Text input$0.95 / 1M tokens$1.4 / 1M tokens
Text output$4 / 1M tokens$4.4 / 1M tokens
Cache read$0.16 / 1M tokens$4.4 / 1M tokens
Cache write$0.95 / 1M tokens$0.26 / 1M tokens

Summary

  • Kimi K2.6leads in:Agent Level Benchmark (2/3), AI Agent - Tool Usage (3/3), Coding and Software Engineer (2/2), Math and Reasoning (2/2), AI Agent - Information Search (1/1), Long Context (1/1), Multimodal Understanding (1/1), Text Embedding (1/1), Writing and Creative Capabilities (1/1)
  • GLM 5.1leads in:General Evaluation (1/1), General Knowledge (1/1), Instruction Following (1/1)

On average across the 18 shared benchmarks, Kimi K2.6 scores 10.73 higher.

Largest single-benchmark gap: Creative Writing — Kimi K2.6 1,721 vs GLM 5.1 1,589 (+132.10).

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