GLM-5 vs Kimi K2.6
Benchmarks, API pricing and specs, head to head. Data updated 2026-06-10.
GLM-5
Z.ai (Zhipu) · Feb 2026
Z.ai's 744B open-weights MoE — within ~4 points of Opus 4.6 on SWE-bench Verified at $1/$3.20 per million tokens.
Kimi K2.6
Moonshot AI · Apr 2026
Moonshot's multimodal flagship that ties GPT-5.5 on several coding evaluations at a fraction of the price, with open weights.
The verdict
Kimi K2.6 wins 1 of the 1 benchmarks these models share, against 0 for GLM-5. GLM-5 is about 1.1x cheaper per blended million tokens (3:1 input:output mix). Kimi K2.6 also takes 262K of context versus 200K for GLM-5.
Benchmark head-to-head 0–1
Specs & pricing
| GLM-5 | Kimi K2.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| modhub Index | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $1 | $0.95 |
| Output price / 1M | $3.2 | $4 |
| Context window | 200K | 262K |
| Max output | 128K | 262K |
| Open weights | yes (MIT) | yes (Modified MIT) |
| Reasoning model | yes | yes |
| Multimodal input | text | text, image |
| Knowledge cutoff | Dec 2025 | Feb 2026 |
| Released | Feb 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Example monthly cost* | $14.80 | $15.50 |
* 10M input + 1.5M output tokens per month at list prices, no caching. Green = better value on that row.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is better, GLM-5 or Kimi K2.6?
- Kimi K2.6 wins 1 of the 1 benchmarks these models share, against 0 for GLM-5. GLM-5 is about 1.1x cheaper per blended million tokens (3:1 input:output mix). Kimi K2.6 also takes 262K of context versus 200K for GLM-5.
- Which is cheaper, GLM-5 or Kimi K2.6?
- GLM-5 costs $1/$3.2 per million input/output tokens, while Kimi K2.6 costs $0.95/$4. For a typical workload of 10M input and 1.5M output tokens per month, that's $14.80 versus $15.50.
- Which model is better for coding, GLM-5 or Kimi K2.6?
- On SWE-bench Verified — the standard agentic-coding benchmark — Kimi K2.6 scores ~82.5% versus ~77.8% for GLM-5, making Kimi K2.6 the stronger pick for coding agents.