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Kimi-K2.6 vs GLM-5.3-Prime

Pricing per million tokens, context window, capabilities — pulled from each provider's public docs. All 2 are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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Kimi-K2.6
moonshot/kimi-k2.6
GLM-5.3-Prime
zai-org/glm-5.3-prime
Provider
Moonshot
Z.ai
Family
Kimi
Modality
text
text
Context window
262,144 tok
1,000,000 tok
Max output
16,384 tok
131,072 tok
Released
2026-04-20
2026-09-21
License
Open-weight
Open-weight
Input price
$0.950 /1M
$2.80 /1M
Output price
$4.00 /1M
$8.80 /1M
Cache read
$0.160 /1M
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Tools
yes
yes
Streaming
yes
yes
Vision
yes
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JSON mode
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Prompt caching
yes
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Batch API
—
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Try it
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Kimi-K2.6
moonshot/kimi-k2.6
Full spec →

Kimi K2.6 is a frontier-scale open-source 1T parameter model with a 262.1k context window, multi-turn tool calling, vision inputs, and structured outputs for agentic workloads.

Strengths
  • Frontier-scale 1T parameters, open-weight
  • ~10× cheaper than Opus
  • Multi-turn tool calling + vision
Use cases
Code agentsLong-document reasoningCost-conscious production
GLM-5.3-Prime
zai-org/glm-5.3-prime
Full spec →
Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
Use cases
ChatbotsContent generationAgentic workflows

Benchmarks

Kimi-K2.6
GLM-5.3-Prime
HumanEval
92.7
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SWE-Bench
68.2
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Source: each provider's published benchmarks. Higher is better. Run an eval to compare on your own data.

Compare with another

Kimi-K2.6 vs Kimi-K2.7-Code
moonshot/kimi-k2.6 · moonshot/kimi-k2.7-code
Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs GLM-5.3-Prime
anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 · zai-org/glm-5.3-prime
Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Kimi-K2.6
anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 · moonshot/kimi-k2.6
GPT-6.1 Sol vs GLM-5.3-Prime
openai/gpt-6.1-sol · zai-org/glm-5.3-prime
GPT-6.1 Sol vs Kimi-K2.6
openai/gpt-6.1-sol · moonshot/kimi-k2.6
Claude Opus 5.5 vs GLM-5.3-Prime
anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 · zai-org/glm-5.3-prime
Claude Opus 5.5 vs Kimi-K2.6
anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 · moonshot/kimi-k2.6
Grok 4.7 vs GLM-5.3-Prime
xai/grok-4.7 · zai-org/glm-5.3-prime
Grok 4.7 vs Kimi-K2.6
xai/grok-4.7 · moonshot/kimi-k2.6
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, all 2, one line different.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Kimi-K2.6
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="moonshot/kimi-k2.6",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# GLM-5.3-Prime
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="zai-org/glm-5.3-prime",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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