Kimi K3 beats GLM 5.2 on 100 deep-research tasks, but costs 5x more
AravSrinivas · x · 2026-07-24
We benchmarked Kimi K3 and GLM 5.2 on 100 deep-research tasks from DRACO (via Perplexity) and had Fable judge the results.
- Kimi K3: 71.6 mean score, 77% pass rate
- GLM 5.2: 41.5 mean score, 22% pass rate
- Runtime / cost: K3 took 3h 38m and cost $60; GLM finished in 1h 45m for $12.50
The thread says K3 scored much higher, but GLM was substantially faster and cheaper. A full deep-dive thread is linked in the original post.
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