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GLM-5.3 vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017

GLM-5.3Z.ai
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek
Our take

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 wins 1 of 1 categories and costs less: 4.1× cheaper for everyday text work. Easy pick.

Overall61–
Coding6874Best
Writing70–
Support67–
Value54–
Input / 1M$1.40$0.30Best
Output / 1M$4.40$1.20Best
Blended / 1M$2.15$0.53Best
Context window1M1MBest
Open weightsYesYes
Released14 Aug 202617 Oct 2026

Your monthly bill

50k
GLM-5.3$430
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017$105Cheapest
List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.