Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs GLM-4.6

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 41.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

GLM-4.6 Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.4

Rank #135 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and GLM-4.6 in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 53.7 to 23.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 16.6% for DeepSeek V4 Flash and 1.1% for GLM-4.6.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.6.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Flash and GLM-4.6 specifications
DeepSeek V4 FlashGLM-4.6
ProviderDeepSeekZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index53.641.4
Released2026-04-242025-09-30
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M205K
Max output393K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$2.20
Results tracked4129

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), GLM-4.6: 40.1 (#148)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGLM-4.6
LMArena WebDev15821340
SciCode49.9%38.4%
LMArena Coding14571449
ALE-Bench1,306340.82
FrontierCode18.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—55.4%
WeirdML63%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: —, GLM-4.6: 32.3 (#66)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGLM-4.6
Terminal-Bench—24.5%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—72.4%

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), GLM-4.6: 23.7 (#172)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGLM-4.6
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%47.4%
CritPt16.6%1.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14441440
ARC-AGI-261.4%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
ARC-AGI-189%—
Chess Puzzles33%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA41.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.49—

Math DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), GLM-4.6: 39.1 (#111)

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), GLM-4.6: 40.2 (#124)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGLM-4.6
LMArena Expert14411431
GPQA Diamond91%—
SimpleQA Verified33.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—9.5%

Multilingual Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), GLM-4.6: 53.5 (#66)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGLM-4.6
LMArena Non-English14201426
LMArena Chinese14681499
LMArena French14391459
LMArena German14181447
LMArena Japanese14061393
LMArena Korean13841400
LMArena Russian14281419
LMArena Spanish14361436

Instruction Following Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), GLM-4.6: 74.3 (#98)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGLM-4.6
LMArena Instruction Following14211410

Long Context Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#94)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGLM-4.6
LMArena Longer Query14341422

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), GLM-4.6: 61.1 (#90)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGLM-4.6
LMArena Text14321440
LMArena Creative Writing14031411
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15591411
LMArena Multi-Turn14491427

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than GLM-4.6?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 41.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash or GLM-4.6?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; GLM-4.6 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or GLM-4.6 better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and GLM-4.6 share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.6 has 29.

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