Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs GLM-5

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 46.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 34 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 34 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and GLM-5 in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.5 to 27.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 61.3% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 4.9% for GLM-5.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper at $0.66 / $1.98 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $3.20 for GLM-5.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and GLM-5 specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5
ProviderDeepSeekZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index54.346.1
Released2026-04-242026-02-11
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M205K
Max output393K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.66$1
Output $ / M tokens$1.98$3.20
Results tracked4845

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), GLM-5: 49.0 (#52)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5
SWE-bench Verified77.6%72.1%
LMArena WebDev15821434
WeirdML66.2%48.2%
LMArena Coding14701461
ALE-Bench1,403765.62
FrontierCode28.6%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—72.8%
SWE-bench Multilingual—69.7%
SciCode51%—

Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), GLM-5: 31.1 (#71)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5
Vending-Bench 23,2854,432
Terminal-Bench—52.4%
APEX-Agents47.3%—
τ²-bench Airline—82.5%
τ²-bench Banking—9.8%
τ²-bench Retail—73.7%
τ²-bench Telecom—86.8%

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), GLM-5: 27.6 (#116)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5
ARC-AGI-261.3%4.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%75%
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%74.8%
ARC-AGI-190.5%44.7%
Chess Puzzles47%10%
LMArena Hard Prompts14611452
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31145.83
ForecastBench56.161
SimpleBench—53.2%
CritPt18%—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench93.9%—
LMCA45.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench40%—

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), GLM-5: 46.4 (#71)

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), GLM-5: 52.3 (#64)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5
GPQA Diamond91.7%87.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%10.1%
LMArena Expert14641454
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—

Multilingual Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), GLM-5: 53.7 (#58)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5
LMArena Non-English14391430
LMArena Chinese14861511
LMArena French14721455
LMArena German14581445
LMArena Japanese14451416
LMArena Korean14471423
LMArena Russian14531436
LMArena Spanish14581454

Instruction Following Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), GLM-5: 75.2 (#67)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5
LMArena Instruction Following14481428

Long Context Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), GLM-5: 44.7 (#60)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5
LMArena Longer Query14581446
CL-bench—18.7%
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), GLM-5: 66.0 (#38)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5
LMArena Text14511446
LMArena Creative Writing14461439
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15531601
LMArena Multi-Turn14671456
EQ-Bench 41166—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than GLM-5?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 46.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or GLM-5?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.66 per million input tokens and $1.98 per million output tokens; GLM-5 lists at $1 and $3.20.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or GLM-5 better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 49.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and GLM-5 share?

34 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5 has 45.

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