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DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs GLM-5.3

Side-by-side API economics and benchmarks. Per-1M input and output rates, context window, and verified metrics.

Tale of the tape

Head-to-head specs pulled from each model profile.

Metric DeepSeek-V4-Flash GLM-5.3
Input cost / 1M $0.44 $1.40
Output cost / 1M $1.32 $4.40
Context window 1,000,000 tokens 1,048,576 tokens
MMLU score

Cost verdict

Enter monthly input and output volumes to see total cost savings.

DeepSeek-V4-Flash

Input: 1M × $0.44 = $0.44
Output: 1M × $1.32 = $1.32
Total
$1.76

GLM-5.3

Input: 1M × $1.40 = $1.40
Output: 1M × $4.40 = $4.40
Total
$5.80

Total cost savings

$4.04

DeepSeek-V4-Flash saves $4.04 per month vs the other model at this volume.

Model routing savings

Uses this page's verified rates. GLM-5.3 is the premium route (higher combined per-1M cost); DeepSeek-V4-Flash handles routine traffic.

Premium model

GLM-5.3

$1.40 in · $4.40 out / 1M

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Economical model

DeepSeek-V4-Flash

$0.44 in · $1.32 out / 1M

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All premium

GLM-5.3

$290.00

100% of input and output on the premium route

Routed stack

80%DeepSeek-V4-Flash

GLM-5.3

$128.40

Routine slice
$70.40
Premium slice
$58.00

Monthly savings

$161.60

55.7% lower

Rates pulled from this page's model database entries (glm-5-3, deepseek-v4-flash) — same per-1M input/output figures as Tale of the tape. Production routing needs quality gates and monitoring.

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