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GLM-5.2 vs Kimi K2.6

GLM-5.2 OPEN WEIGHTS · Z.ai (Zhipu AI), released 2026-06-16
Kimi K2.6 OPEN WEIGHTS · Moonshot, released 2026-04-20

“Epoch AI, 'AI Benchmarking Hub'. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from 'https://epoch.ai/benchmarks' [online resource].” · epoch.ai/benchmarks · Licensed CC BY 4.0 · data last verified 2026-07-26 · Methodology · Data Sources

Head-to-head

Measured on 6 of 9 tracked benchmarks for both models — GLM-5.2 leads on 3, Kimi K2.6 leads on 3.

Benchmark	GLM-5.2	Kimi K2.6	Leads
Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI)	151.4	151.0	GLM-5.2
SWE-bench Verified	0.787 (max)	0.767	GLM-5.2
GPQA Diamond	0.919 (max)	0.908	GLM-5.2
MATH Level 5	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured on both
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	0.864 (max)	0.961	Kimi K2.6
FrontierMath	Not measured	0.390	Not measured on both
FrontierMath Tier 4	Not measured	0.146	Not measured on both
SimpleQA Verified	0.381 (max)	0.387	Kimi K2.6
Chess Puzzles	0.210 (max)	0.260	Kimi K2.6

Benchmark results measure specific tasks and should not be treated as a universal measure of model quality. A model with no row here for a benchmark has not been measured on it — that is left blank, never estimated.

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