Comparing 2 models

Kimi K2.6 vs GLM 5.1

Facts first, then task-specific rankings. A highlighted cell is better only for that row, not universally.

metric
Model 1Kimi K2.6
Model 2GLM 5.1
Best for
Best Open-Weight LLM for Self-Hosting (#4)
Best Open-Weight LLM for Self-Hosting (#3)
Provider
moonshotai
z-ai
Context
262KBest
205K
Input / 1M
$0.68Best
$0.97
Output / 1M
$3.42
$3.04Best
Tool use
yesBest
yesBest
Vision
yesBest
Reasoning
yesBest
yesBest
Open-weight
yesBest
yesBest
Released
Apr 20, 2026
Jan 20, 2025