GLM-5.2 vs Kimi K3: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
GLM-5.2 is developed by Zhipu AI, while Kimi K3 comes from Moonshot AI. GLM-5.2 was released in June 2026, and Kimi K3 followed a month later in July 2026. Kimi K3 is the larger model at roughly 2.8 trillion parameters, against 753 billion for GLM-5.2.
We have 4 benchmark results for GLM-5.2 and 3 benchmark results for Kimi K3, but they overlap on a single test: GPQA, where Kimi K3 scores 94.0% against 91.0%.
GLM-5.2 is the cheaper API at $1.40 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens, roughly 2 times cheaper than Kimi K3 at $3 and $15. Both accept a context window of about 1M tokens. GLM-5.2 accepts text as input, while Kimi K3 accepts text and images.
| Characteristic | GLM-5.2 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Zhipu AI | Moonshot AI |
| Release Date | June 16, 2026 | July 16, 2026 |
| Parameters | 753B | 2.8T |
| Multimodal | No | Yes |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 1.0M |
| Context (output) | 131K | 1.0M |
| Input Price / 1M | $1.40 | $3.00 |
| Output Price / 1M | $4.40 | $15.00 |
| Average Score | 94.3% | 95.7% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| GPQA | 91.0% | 94.0% |
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Verdict
GLM-5.2 leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: GLM-5.2 — 0.9, Kimi K3 — 1.0.
GLM-5.2 is 3.1x cheaper: input $1.40/1M vs $3.00/1M tokens.
GLM-5.2 supports a larger context: 1M vs 1M tokens.
Kimi K3 is newer: released 7/16/2026 vs 6/16/2026.
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