Compare / Kimi K2.6 vs GLM 5.3

Kimi K2.6 vs GLM 5.3

18 results from 4 sources that measured both models. Each row is in the source's own units; there is no overall winner.

Kimi K2.6
Moonshot AI · profile
GLM 5.3
Z.ai · profile
Results compared
18
Shared sources
4
BenchmarkMetricKimi K2.6GLM 5.3
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4561,468
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedBusiness, management and financeArena rating 1,4551,474
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedCreative writingArena rating 1,4331,456
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedExpert promptsArena rating 1,5031,516
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedInstruction followingArena rating 1,4561,480
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4611,480
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedWriting, literature and languageArena rating 1,4411,470
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score 61.874.8
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score 27.044.8
Artificial AnalysisreportedGPQA Diamond% of questions 91.1%91.7%
Artificial AnalysisreportedHumanity's Last Exam% of questions 37.5%42.3%
Artificial AnalysisreportedLong-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions 81.0%79.7%
Artificial AnalysisreportedSciCode% of problems 51.5%59.0%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks 65.9%83.9%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks 0.5%41.9%
Artificial AnalysisreportedΤ-bench banking% of tasks 23.3%50.3%
SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI)reportedCorrect answers% of questions 34.9%41.0%
Vending-Bench 2reportedMoney after a yearUS dollars $6,204.57$8,163.61

Bold green marks the better value on that metric. Where a source reports ranges that overlap, the difference may not be meaningful; see the benchmark page for ranges.