DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max) vs GLM-5.3-Flash

Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max) by DeepSeek or GLM-5.3-Flash by Z AI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Clear winner

DeepSeekDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 34.80
Total cost: $1081

Z AIGLM-5.3-FlashOff the frontier

Intelligence: 41.80
Total cost: $306

Verdict

Pick GLM-5.3-Flash

GLM-5.3-Flash vs DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max): 20.1% more intelligence, 71.7% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 153.4% slower end-to-end.

Metric	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max)	GLM-5.3-Flash	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	34.8	41.8	+20.1% GLM-5.3-Flash is 20.1% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$1,081.42	$305.52	−71.7% GLM-5.3-Flash is 71.7% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	15.35s	38.89s	+153.4% GLM-5.3-Flash is 153.4% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$0.44 / $1.32	$0.15 / $0.50
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text, Image

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
GLM-5.3-Flash is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.

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