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DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs GLM 5.3

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp (DeepSeek) and GLM 5.3 (Z.ai) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 9 September 2026

As of 9 September 2026, GLM 5.3 holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#8 vs #23); DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is 6.7× cheaper per output token ($0.66/1M vs $4.40/1M); GLM 5.3 offers the longer context window (1.3M vs 1M tokens); and DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp if…

  • API cost matters — $0.66/1M output tokens against $4.40/1M, about 6.7× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.22/1M against $1.40/1M.
  • you want to self-host: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp ships open weights while GLM 5.3 is restricted license.
  • you want the more recently listed model — DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp was listed 21 August 2026, GLM 5.3 18 August 2026.

Choose GLM 5.3 if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #8 against #23 (82.1 vs 71.2 points).
  • you need the longer context window — 1.3M tokens against 1M.
  • you want provider choice — 27 listed API providers against 6.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs GLM 5.3: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and GLM 5.3
FieldDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeekGLM 5.3Z.ai
ModelCap Index position#23#8
Index score71.282.1
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.22$1.40
Output price / 1M tokens$0.66$4.40
Context window1M tokens1.3M tokens
Max output tokens944K944K
API providers listed627
Weight accessOpen weightsRestricted license
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed21 August 202618 August 2026
PublisherDeepSeekZ.ai

Evidence: publisher-corpus-prior over 182 held-out anchors (13%); launch card against 2 resolved peers on 7 rows (87%); exceeds every named peer on 1 of 7 rows; no cross-lab optimism probe available; shrunk 2 toward the measured corpus · 4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs GLM 5.3

Public benchmark boards where DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp or GLM 5.3 has a published result
BoardDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpGLM 5.3Leads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—15281514–1541MaxOnly one result
LMArena AgentLMArena—2.6%1.9%–3.2%MaxOnly one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—44.9intelligence-index:v4.3:maxOnly one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis—83.9%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="GLM-5.3 (max)":reasoning=trueOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis—42.3%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="GLM-5.3 (max)":reasoning=trueOnly one result
Terminal-Bench 4.0Terminal-Bench (Laude Institute)—41.8%38.6%–45.1%Claude Code · MaxOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs GLM 5.3: common questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp better than GLM 5.3?

GLM 5.3 ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #8 against #23. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp cheaper than GLM 5.3?

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is cheaper on output tokens: $0.66/1M against $4.40/1M. Input tokens are $0.22/1M for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and $1.40/1M for GLM 5.3. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $0.77 for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp versus $5.00 for GLM 5.3. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp costs 84.6% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.

Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp or GLM 5.3?

GLM 5.3 has the larger context window: 1.3M tokens against 1M.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp or GLM 5.3?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and GLM 5.3 open-weight models?

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: Open weights. GLM 5.3: Restricted license. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and GLM 5.3?

ModelCap currently lists 6 API providers for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and 27 for GLM 5.3, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs GLM 5.3 comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 9 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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