The Known Good Updated 29 Jul 2026
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 vs Z.ai: GLM 5.1 ·DeepSeek vs Z.ai

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 vs Z.ai: GLM 5.1 — head-to-head comparison

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 profile Z.ai: GLM 5.1 profile All comparisons
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 — DeepSeek
Quality
#38 of 62
64based on 4 of 7 evaluations
Known Good Index
Speed
#272 of 317
24.6
Output tokens per second
Price
#140 of 370
$0.48
Blended per 1M tokens
In $0.27 · Out $1.12
Cache hit price
#141 of 238
$0.14
per 1M tokens (−50%)
Context
#254 of 375
164k
tokens (~300 pages)
Z.ai: GLM 5.1 — Z.ai
Quality
#12 of 62
88based on 3 of 7 evaluations
Known Good Index
Speed
#138 of 317
53.0
Output tokens per second
Price
#235 of 370
$1.48
Blended per 1M tokens
In $0.97 · Out $3.04
Cache hit price
#162 of 238
$0.18
per 1M tokens (−81%)
Context
#222 of 375
205k
tokens (~300 pages)
Summary

On the Known Good Index, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 scores 64 and Z.ai: GLM 5.1 scores 88 — a 24-point lead for Z.ai: GLM 5.1. They share 2 published evaluations, with DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 ahead on 0 and Z.ai: GLM 5.1 ahead on 2.

Blended pricing is $0.48 per 1M tokens for DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 and $1.48 for Z.ai: GLM 5.1 — DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 is about 3.1× cheaper.

Throughput is 25 tokens per second for DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 and 53 for Z.ai: GLM 5.1, with time to first token at 1.2s and 1.8s. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 accepts 164k tokens of context against 205k.

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 is open weights; Z.ai: GLM 5.1 is proprietary. 19 tracked hosts serve one or both, and 4 serve both.

Generated from tracked data on 29 Jul 2026 · how these comparisons are computed →

At a glance
MetricDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324Z.ai: GLM 5.1
Known Good Index 64 based on 4 of 7 evaluations 88 based on 3 of 7 evaluations
Blended $/1M $0.48 $1.48
Output tok/s 25 53
Context window 164k 205k
Providers 4 19
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Quality

Known Good Index and the capability indices, side by side

Index scores

Each index is min-max normalised across tracked models and scaled 0–100 from published evaluations. We do not run these evaluations.

MetricDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324Z.ai: GLM 5.1
Known Good Index 64 88
Mathematics Index 57 92
Reasoning Index 65
Agentic Index 82
Openness Index 100 5
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Quality Breakdown

Every evaluation both models report a published score for

Evaluations both models report

Bar = DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 · marker = Z.ai: GLM 5.1 · scores ingested from Epoch AI (CC-BY 4.0)

GPQA Diamond68 / 85
Mock AIME 2024–2538 / 92

Right-hand figures read DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 / Z.ai: GLM 5.1. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 leads on 0 of 2, Z.ai: GLM 5.1 on 2.

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Arena Elo

Human preference rating from blind pairwise votes

Arena ratings

Elo from blind pairwise votes, ingested from Arena. Higher is better.

MetricDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324Z.ai: GLM 5.1
Text Arena 1,375 1,465
Text Arena (style controlled) 1,395 1,469
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Price & Cost

Published API pricing by token type

Published pricing

USD per 1M tokens. Blended is a 3:1 input:output mix. Live from OpenRouter, cross-checked against models.dev. Lower is better.

MetricDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324Z.ai: GLM 5.1
Input $/1M $0.27 $0.97
Output $/1M $1.12 $3.04
Blended $/1M $0.48 $1.48
Cache read $/1M $0.135 $0.179
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We publish blended price rather than cost-per-task. Cost-per-task requires token counts from an evaluation suite we do not run. Blended price is computed from published rates and is fully reproducible — see the pricing methodology.

Context Window

Maximum input accepted and maximum output emitted

Context and output limits

Provider-declared limits, from metadata via models.dev and OpenRouter. Higher is better.

MetricDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324Z.ai: GLM 5.1
Context window 164k 205k
Max output tokens 66k 128k
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Speed & Latency

Median throughput and time to first token across hosting providers

Output speedTime to first token
Throughput and latency

Medians across all tracked providers, derived from OpenRouter endpoint telemetry.

MetricDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324Z.ai: GLM 5.1
Output tokens/s 25 53
Time to first token 1.2s 1.8s
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Providers

Which hosts serve each model, and at what price and speed

19 hosts · 4 serve both
Full provider benchmarks →
Provider DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 blendedDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 tok/s Z.ai: GLM 5.1 blendedZ.ai: GLM 5.1 tok/s
Crusoe $0.75 33 $2.00 54
Novita $0.48 29 $2.13 51
DeepInfra $0.41 21 $1.66 62
SiliconFlow $0.44 17 $1.83 57
CoreWeave $2.15 146
Wafer $1.55 87
GMICloud $1.50 66
Parasail $2.15 66
Venice $2.37 64
Friendli $2.15 59
StreamLake $1.48 43
Baidu · first party $1.46 42
Phala $1.96 42
Z.AI · first party $2.15 42
Chutes $1.50 41
Nebius $2.15 29
AtlasCloud $1.94 27
DigitalOcean $1.81 20
Fireworks $2.15

Per-host pricing and telemetry from OpenRouter. A dash means that host does not serve that model.

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