Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GLM 5 leads with 2.6% higher average benchmark score. Kimi K2.5 offers 60.1K more tokens in context window than GLM 5. GLM 5 is $4.14 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Zhipu AI
GLM-5 is a large language model from Zhipu AI with 745 billion total parameters and 44 billion active parameters per inference, designed for agentic intelligence, advanced reasoning, and frontier-level performance. It features a 200K token context window and targets complex multi-step tasks requiring sustained reasoning and tool use. GLM-5 is available via Zhipu AI's Z.ai platform under an MIT license.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.5, released by Moonshot AI in January 2026, is an updated Mixture-of-Experts large language model with 1 trillion total parameters and 32 billion active parameters. It builds on Kimi K2 with improved coding performance across multiple languages and an expanded context window. Kimi K2.5 targets agentic development workflows, polyglot code generation, and open-source deployments requiring large-scale MoE reasoning.
1 month newer
Kimi K2.5
Moonshot AI
2026-01
GLM 5
Zhipu AI
2026-02-11
Cost per million tokens (USD)
GLM 5
Kimi K2.5
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks
GLM 5
Kimi K2.5
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
GLM 5
Kimi K2.5
Available providers and their performance metrics
GLM 5
Zhipu AI
Kimi K2.5
Moonshot AI
GLM 5
Kimi K2.5
GLM 5
Kimi K2.5