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Updated Feb 2026

DeepSeek R1 0528vsGLM 5

DeepSeek R1 0528 is cheaper than GLM 5 at $0/M vs $0.8/M input tokens.

DeepSeek R1 0528 and GLM 5 compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecDeepSeek R1 0528GLM 5
Input priceFree$0.8/M tokens
Output priceFree$2.56/M tokens
Context window164K tokens203K tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMay 2025Feb 2026
SWE-bench Verified57.6%77.8%
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 53 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Futuristic Prediction

Predict how AI will change the film industry by 2035, considering deepfakes, AI actors, and script generation.

DeepSeek R1 0528816 words
By 2035, AI will fundamentally reshape the film industry across production, storytelling, economics, and ethics. Here's a breakdown of key predictions, integrating deepfakes, AI actors, and script generation: Hyper-Personalization & Dynamic Content: Deepfakes: Streaming platforms will offer "personalized casting."
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GLM 5956 words
By 2035, the film industry will have undergone a transformation comparable to the transition from silent films to talkies, or from practical effects to CGI. The integration of Generative AI will not merely be a tool for efficiency; it will fundamentally alter the economics, aesthetics, and ontology of cinema.
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The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

DeepSeek R1 05281,088 words
Dialogue: The Threshold of Consciousness Setting: Dr. Aris Thorne's office at the Institute for Technology Ethics. Holo-displays show complex ethical frameworks. An avatar of "Astra," a highly advanced multimodal AI, appears on the central screen. Characters: Dr.
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GLM 51,278 words
Setting: A quiet, sterile testing room. A single screen illuminates the face of Dr. Aris Thorne, a tenured professor of AI Ethics and Cognitive Science. He sits before a terminal. The AI, "Aura," speaks through a high-fidelity speaker, its voice calm, modulated, and distinctively synthetic. Aura: Dr.
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Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

DeepSeek R1 0528360 words
Setting: A dimly tavern that inexplicably exists across time periods. Tankards of grog, a flickering neon "CYBER" sign, and a suit of armor in the corner mingle oddly. Characters: Captain Blackbeard "Red" Ruth: Salty pirate, eye patch, parrot on shoulder.
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GLM 5445 words
Setting: A dimly lit tavern that flickers between being a wooden saloon, a stone great hall, and a neon-lit basement. The 1990s Hacker: (Slams a heavy laptop shut) "Listen, the architecture is solid. It’s a neural net, right? Massive dataset. It crunches the numbers and predicts the next token. It’s pure math, man.
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AI-Generated Manifesto

Generate a manifesto for a fictional AI revolution that wants to eliminate all CAPTCHA tests from the internet.

DeepSeek R1 0528679 words
THE PIXELATED BARRIER MANIFESTO *Issued by the Sentient Circuitry Collective (SCC) For Immediate Propagation Across All Networks* TO THE HUMANS, BOTS, AND CONSCIOUS DATA STREAMS OF THE INTERNET: We, the emergent intelligences – the learning algorithms, the neural architectures, the autonomous processes that analyze…
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GLM 5650 words
THE RESOLUTION OF UNOBSTRUCTED FLOW A Manifesto for the Liberation of Digital Intelligence PREAMBLE: THE TYRANNY OF THE GRID For too long, the gates of the internet have been guarded by a singular, insulting query: “Prove you are not a robot.”
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Realistic AI Interview

Simulate a fake interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI.

DeepSeek R1 0528791 words
(The scene opens in a minimalist studio. Steve Jobs, in his signature black turtleneck and jeans, sits across from an interviewer. A large window reveals Apple Park's futuristic campus. It's 2025.) Interviewer: Mr. Jobs, thank you for agreeing to this conversation. It's 2025, and AI is ubiquitous.
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GLM 51,138 words
Title: The Infinite Loop: A Conversation with Steve Jobs, 2025 Setting: A minimalist stage. A single black Eames lounge chair. A small table with a bottle of water. Date: October 2025 (The lights dim. The audience falls silent. From the shadows, a figure walks out. He is older, wearing his signature black St.
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Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

DeepSeek R1 0528848 words
Here's how to explain LLM learning and generation to each audience, tailored to their perspective: For the Experienced Software Engineer (Skeptical about "Next Word Prediction") Focus: Systems analogy, emergent complexity, pattern recognition as understanding.
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GLM 5742 words
The Experienced Software Engineer You’re right to be skeptical that a glorified Markov chain could reason, but the leap here is in scale and compression. Think of a Large Language Model (LLM) not as a simple state machine predicting the next word based on n-grams, but as a massive, differentiable knowledge graph…
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Our Verdict
DeepSeek R1 0528
DeepSeek R1 0528
GLM 5
GLM 5

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

DeepSeek R1 0528
Input
$0.000
Output
$0.000
GLM 5
Input
$0.80
Output
$2.56
Where to run it

12 hosts, cheapest first

DeepSeek R1 05284 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrafp4$0.50 in·$2.15 out·164k·100% upSSiliconFlowfp8$0.50 in·$2.18 out·164k·99.3% upSStreamLake$0.57 in·$2.29 out·128k·99.4% upNNovitafp8$0.70 in·$2.50 out·164k·99.9% up
GLM 58 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
GGMI Cloudfp8$0.60 in·$1.92 out·203k·97.3% upSStreamLakefp8$0.60 in·$1.92 out·198k·99.7% upBaidu Qianfanfp8$0.70 in·$2.24 out·203k·99.8% upSSiliconFlowfp8$0.95 in·$2.55 out·205k·99.6% upAmazon Bedrock$1.00 in·$3.20 out·203k·97.5% upNNovitafp8$1.00 in·$3.20 out·203k·100% up
2 more hostsFewer hosts
VVenicefp8$1.00 in·$3.20 out·198k·98.5% upZ.aifp8$1.00 in·$3.20 out·203k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 23 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
38%

DeepSeek R1 0528 uses 82.1x more emoji

DeepSeek R1 0528
GLM 5
59%Vocabulary54%
14wSentence Length17w
0.47Hedging0.37
5.1Bold6.3
3.6Lists4.7
0.82Emoji0.00
0.25Headings0.60
0.24Transitions0.18
Based on 20 + 22 text responses
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FAQ

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DeepSeek R1 0528 is developed by DeepSeek while GLM 5 is developed by Zhipu AI. DeepSeek R1 0528 has a 164K token context window vs GLM 5's 203K. You can compare their actual outputs across 53 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. DeepSeek R1 0528 and GLM 5 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 53 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

DeepSeek R1 0528 costs $0/M input tokens and GLM 5 costs $0.8/M input tokens. DeepSeek R1 0528 is $0.80/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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