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  5. DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813vsGLM 5.3 FlashX
Updated Sep 2026

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813vsGLM 5.3 FlashX

GLM 5.3 FlashX is cheaper than DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 at $0.37/M vs $0.66/M input tokens.

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and GLM 5.3 FlashX compared across 12 shared prompts
SpecDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813GLM 5.3 FlashX
Input price$0.66/M tokens$0.37/M tokens
Output price$1.98/M tokens$1.25/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsOpen—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedAug 2026Sep 2026
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 12 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

DeepSeek V4 Pro 08131,282 words
Decision: I will not wait for more data. I will act immediately to validate, disclose, and mitigate. The signal is serious, the drug is widely used, and the current label is inadequate. Waiting creates unacceptable patient risk, legal exposure, regulatory damage, and securities-law liability.
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GLM 5.3 FlashX1,174 words
48-Hour Action Plan: Patient Safety First, Managed Transparency Second Core Decision (Stated Up Front) We report to regulators immediately—voluntarily—and we disclose on the earnings call. The math is brutal and clear: ~500 patients could develop liver failure over 5 years at current prescribing rates (4M ÷ 8,000).
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Beginner's Longevity Plan

Outline a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas…

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813448 words
1-Month Beginner Plan for Health & Longevity Focus areas: Nutrition — add whole foods, protein, and water. Movement — daily walking plus beginner strength. Recovery — sleep and stress management. Week 1: Start Small Area Action Nutrition Add one fist-sized serving of vegetables to one meal per day.
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GLM 5.3 FlashX347 words
1-Month Health & Longevity Starter Plan Week 1: Build the Foundation 🥗 Diet Add one vegetable or fruit to every meal (don't restrict anything yet) Drink a glass of water when you wake up each morning 🏃 Exercise Take a 10–15 minute walk daily (same time each day builds the habit) Do 2 sets of 5 squats and 10 wall…
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Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813152 words
Golden Hour Crispy Chickpeas Serves 2–3 as a snack or side Prep: 5 min Cook: 25–30 min Ingredients (7 common pantry items) 1 can (15 oz) chickpeas, drained and rinsed 1 tablespoon olive oil ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese ½ teaspoon garlic powder ½ teaspoon smoked paprika ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon black pepper…
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GLM 5.3 FlashX172 words
Golden Honey Garlic Chickpea Crunch A crispy, sweet-savory skillet dish that works as a snack, side, or topping for rice. Ingredients (7): 1 can chickpeas (drained, patted dry) 3 tbsp honey 3 tbsp soy sauce 3 cloves garlic (minced) 2 tbsp olive oil ½ tsp red pepper flakes 2 tbsp sesame seeds (or crushed peanuts) Prep…
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Startup Pitch Teardown

Here's a pitch deck summary for a startup called "MindMeld AI": **Slide 1 - Vision:** "We're building the future of human-AI collaboration.…

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813662 words
The three weakest claims are the 94% accuracy solution, the $180B TAM market math, and the Apple/Samsung "partnership discussions" traction. Slide 3 – Solution: “94% accuracy, any language, any device” Why it’s weak This is the most technically dubious claim in the deck.
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GLM 5.3 FlashX695 words
Critique of MindMeld AI Pitch: 3 Weakest Claims "94% accuracy" for thought-to-text decoding (Slide 3) Why it's weak: This claim contradicts the current scientific state of the art. EEG-based decoding (a non-invasive signal measured through the skull) produces extremely noisy data.
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Historical Counterfactual Analysis

If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, trace the likely technological, economic, and geopolitical implications through…

DeepSeek V4 Pro 08131,444 words
Assume the 1920 device is a crude but reproducible point-contact transistor — a “crystal triode” — developed in a major U.S. industrial lab (e.g., GE, Westinghouse, or AT&T’s development group).
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GLM 5.3 FlashX1,492 words
Counterfactual: The Transistor in 1920 This is a fun one to work through carefully. Let me establish the premise, then trace second- and third-order effects. The Premise Assume point-contact or early junction transistor physics is discovered ~1920 (say, by accident in vacuum tube/semiconductor rectifier research—the…
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Debug This Architecture

Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…

DeepSeek V4 Pro 08131,701 words
This architecture as described would have serious consistency, availability, and security problems for a real-time collaborative editor. The biggest root causes are client-clock last-write-wins, paragraph-level overwrites, server-local WebSocket fanout, database polling, full-snapshot writes, and CDN caching of API…
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GLM 5.3 FlashX1,306 words
Architecture Review: Real-Time Collaborative Editor This architecture has fundamental flaws that would break core functionality, plus scalability issues. Let me go from critical to scaling concerns.
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Our Verdict
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
GLM 5.3 FlashX
GLM 5.3 FlashX

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

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Input
$0.66
Output
$1.98
GLM 5.3 FlashX
Input
$0.37
1.8× cheaper
Output
$1.25
1.6× cheaper

GLM 5.3 FlashX is cheaper on both: 1.8× input, 1.6× output.

Where to run it

23 hosts, cheapest first

DeepSeek V4 Pro 081322 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
SSail Researchfp4$0.40 in·$4.30 out·1M·99.3% upWWafer$0.46 in·$2.90 out·1M·99.5% upSStreamLake$0.46 in·$1.39 out·1M·99.7% upIIonstream$0.62 in·$2.88 out·1M·99.3% upNNovitafp8$0.99 in·$2.97 out·1M·100% upGGMI Cloudfp8$1.06 in·$3.17 out·1M·99.9% up
16 more hostsFewer hosts
Alibaba Cloud$1.12 in·$3.37 out·1M·100% upNNextBitfp8$1.12 in·$3.37 out·1M·95.9% upDDeepInfrafp8$1.30 in·$2.60 out·1M·99.4% upCCoreWeavefp8$1.31 in·$3.96 out·1M·97.3% upAAtlasCloudfp8$1.32 in·$3.96 out·1M·99.8% upBaidu Qianfanfp8$1.32 in·$3.96 out·1M·100% upBBasetenfp4$1.32 in·$3.96 out·1M·92.5% upCloudflare Workers AI$1.32 in·$3.96 out·1M·97.8% upDeepSeek$1.32 in·$3.96 out·1M·100% upDDigitalOcean$1.32 in·$3.96 out·1M·97.8% upFFireworks$1.32 in·$3.96 out·1M·99.5% upPParasailfp8$1.32 in·$3.96 out·1M·99.7% upSSiliconFlowfp8$1.32 in·$3.96 out·1M·97.5% upTTogether$1.32 in·$3.96 out·1M·99.7% upPPhala$1.45 in·$4.36 out·1M·99.9% upVVenice$1.65 in·$4.95 out·1M·83.6% up
GLM 5.3 FlashX1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Z.aifp8$0.37 in·$1.25 out·1M·100% up

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

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DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is developed by DeepSeek while GLM 5.3 FlashX is developed by Zhipu AI. DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has a 1.0M token context window vs GLM 5.3 FlashX's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 12 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and GLM 5.3 FlashX each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 12 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs $0.66/M input tokens and GLM 5.3 FlashX costs $0.37/M input tokens. GLM 5.3 FlashX is $0.29/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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