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DeepSeek V4 Pro vs GLM-5.3-Flash

DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai
Our take

GLM-5.3-Flash wins 4 of 4 categories and costs less: 8.3× cheaper for everyday text work. Easy pick.

Overall5355Best
Coding5669Best
Writing6164Best
Support5967Best
Value4760Best
Input / 1M$1.32$0.15Best
Output / 1M$3.96$0.50Best
Blended / 1M$1.98$0.24Best
Context window1MBest1M
Open weightsYesYes
Released13 Aug 202626 Aug 2026

Your monthly bill

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DeepSeek V4 Pro$396
GLM-5.3-Flash$47.50Cheapest
List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.