Compare/GLM-4.5V (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

GLM-4.5V (Reasoning)vsDeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

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GLM-4.5V (Reasoning)

Input
$0.6/M
Output
$1.8/M
Speed
56 tok/s
TTFT
0.98s
DeepSeek

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

Input
$0.6/M
Output
$1.7/M
Speed
TTFT

Winner by Category

Cheaper
DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
GLM-4.5V (Reasoning)
Lower Latency
DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)
Benchmarks (0-11)
DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricGLM-4.5V (Reasoning)DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.6$0.6
Output ($/M tokens)$1.8$1.7
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
GLM-4.5V (Reasoning)$0.78
DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)$0.77

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
GLM-4.5V (Reasoning)
56 tok/s
DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
GLM-4.5V (Reasoning)
0.98s
DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
15.127.7
Coding Index
10.929.7
Math Index
73.089.7
GPQA Diamond
68.4%77.9%
MMLU-Pro
78.8%85.1%
LiveCodeBench
60.4%78.4%
AIME 2025
73.0%89.7%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
5.9%13.0%
SciCode
22.1%39.1%
IFBench
34.2%41.5%
TerminalBench
5.3%25.0%
GLM-4.5V (Reasoning)0 wins
11 winsDeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5V (Reasoning) or DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)?

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.88/M tokens vs $0.90/M for GLM-4.5V (Reasoning).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 0 for GLM-4.5V (Reasoning). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

GLM-4.5V (Reasoning) generates tokens faster at 56 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. However, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.98s).

When should I use GLM-4.5V (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)?

Choose based on your priorities: DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) for lower cost, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and GLM-4.5V (Reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.