DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max) vs GLM-5.3-Flash

Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (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 2026-10-24.

Trade-off

DeepSeekDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 34.30
Total cost: $200

Z AIGLM-5.3-FlashOff the frontier

Intelligence: 41.80
Total cost: $306

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GLM-5.3-Flash scores 7.5 points higher (41.8 vs 34.3) but costs 1.5× as much to run the benchmark ($306 vs $200; both mid-range class). Pick GLM-5.3-Flash when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max).

Metric	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max)	GLM-5.3-Flash	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	34.3	41.8	+21.9% GLM-5.3-Flash is 21.9% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$199.63	$305.52	+53.0% GLM-5.3-Flash is 53.0% more expensive
End-to-end time (lower is better)	17.91s	39.33s	+119.6% GLM-5.3-Flash is 119.6% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$0.14 / $0.28	$0.15 / $0.50
Input modalities	Text	Text, Image

GLM-5.3-Flash vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max): 21.9% more intelligence, 53.0% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 119.6% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) scores 41.20 for $158.
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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