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Kimi-K2-Thinking vs GLM-5
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FieldAt a glance
Moonshot AI · activeKimi-K2-ThinkingVerified Aug 28, 2026
Z.ai · activeGLM-5Verified Aug 28, 2026
Technical differences
Side-by-side facts
| Field | Kimi-K2-Thinking | GLM-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Moonshot AI | Z.ai |
| Family | Kimi K2 Thinking | Glm 5 |
| Model | Kimi-K2-Thinking | GLM-5 |
| Version | Kimi-K2-Thinking | GLM-5 |
| Lifecycle | active | active |
| Input modalities | Text | Text |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
| Context window | 262144 | 202752 |
| Total parameters | 1026408240256 | 753864139008 |
| Active parameters | 32000000000 | Unknown |
| License | other | mit |
| Open weights | Yes | Yes |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| Capabilities | chat, generation, reasoning, tools | chat, generation, reasoning, tools |
14 comparable fields · 7 material differences · Pair passes the primary-source comparison gate
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Comparable performance
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Kimi-K2-Thinking capabilities
Input price$0.60
Output price$2.50
Serving providers1
Canonical IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2-Thinking
GLM-5 capabilities
Input price$0.60
Output price$1.92
Serving providers1
Canonical IDzai-org/GLM-5
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