Z.ai: GLM 5.1 vs Kimi K2.6
Compare Z.ai: GLM 5.1 by Z-ai against Kimi K2.6 by Moonshot AI, in 10 community votes, z.ai: glm 5.1 wins 83% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 203K vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Reasoning: Z.ai: GLM 5.1 wins 67% of votes
Image Generation: Z.ai: GLM 5.1 wins 100% of votes
Our Verdict
Z.ai: GLM 5.1Winner
Kimi K2.6Runner-up
Pick Z.ai: GLM 5.1. In 10 blind votes, Z.ai: GLM 5.1 wins 83% of the time. That's not luck.
Z.ai: GLM 5.1 particularly excels in Image Generation, Reasoning.
Clear winner
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Z.ai: GLM 5.1
Input
$1.40
Output
$4.40
Kimi K2.6
Input
$0.95
1.5× cheaper
Output
$4.00
1.1× cheaper
Kimi K2.6 is cheaper on both — 1.5× input, 1.1× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
82%
Kimi K2.6 uses 3.4x more emoji
Z.ai: GLM 5.1
Kimi K2.6
54%Vocabulary57%
18wSentence Length16w
0.31Hedging0.37
3.6Bold4.3
2.6Lists2.0
0.00Emoji0.03
0.43Headings0.53
0.11Transitions0.16
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