Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs GLM-5

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 46.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and GLM-5 in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 50.2 to 27.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.3% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 80% for GLM-5.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $3.20 for GLM-5.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and GLM-5 specifications
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashGLM-5
ProviderDeepSeekZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index52.846.1
Released2026-09-092026-02-11
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M205K
Max output393K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$1
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$3.20
Results tracked3745

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), GLM-5: 49.0 (#52)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGLM-5
LMArena WebDev16191434
LMArena Coding15061461
ALE-Bench1,092765.62
SWE-bench Verified—72.1%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—72.8%
SWE-bench Multilingual—69.7%
SciCode51.9%—
WeirdML—48.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69), GLM-5: 31.1 (#71)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGLM-5
Terminal-Bench—52.4%
APEX-Agents39.5%—
τ²-bench Airline—82.5%
τ²-bench Banking—9.8%
τ²-bench Retail—73.7%
τ²-bench Telecom—86.8%
GDP.pdf19.8%—
Vending-Bench 2—4,432

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), GLM-5: 27.6 (#116)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGLM-5
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%74.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts14831452
Epoch Capabilities Index154.9145.83
ARC-AGI-2—4.9%
SimpleBench—53.2%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—75%
ARC-AGI-1—44.7%
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles—10%
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench89.9%—
LMCA47%—
Surface Evolver Bench46.3%—
ForecastBench—61

Math DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 66.7 (#25), GLM-5: 46.4 (#71)

Knowledge DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38), GLM-5: 52.3 (#64)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGLM-5
GPQA Diamond89.8%87.8%
LMArena Expert15061454
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61), GLM-5: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGLM-5
LMArena Vision1277—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35), GLM-5: 53.7 (#58)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGLM-5
LMArena Non-English14481430
LMArena Chinese14971511
LMArena French14521455
LMArena German14841445
LMArena Japanese14121416
LMArena Korean14521423
LMArena Russian14711436
LMArena Spanish14591454

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.3 (#26), GLM-5: 75.2 (#67)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGLM-5
LMArena Instruction Following14741428

Long Context Too close to call

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), GLM-5: 44.7 (#60)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGLM-5
LMArena Longer Query14751446
CL-bench—18.7%

Writing & Preference Too close to call

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), GLM-5: 66.0 (#38)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGLM-5
LMArena Text14621446
LMArena Creative Writing14351439
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15401601
LMArena Multi-Turn14571456

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than GLM-5?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 46.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or GLM-5?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; GLM-5 lists at $1 and $3.20.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or GLM-5 better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.9 versus 49.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and GLM-5 share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5 has 45.

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