DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs GLM 5V Turbo
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads GLM 5V Turbo on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 39.5 to 23.5, and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs 6.7x less per output token ($0.60 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 13 benchmarks have a result for both.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or GLM 5V Turbo: which to pick
Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has a coding score, 70.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; GLM 5V Turbo has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
- Shared results
- 13
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 only
- 26
- GLM 5V Turbo only
- 52
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads, 39.5 against 23.5.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads, 1311 against 1230.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has a Vals Index result, 61.3%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 takes 1.05M tokens against 203K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 $0.0004, GLM 5V Turbo $0.0032 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 70.3 from 4 benchmarks, GLM 5V Turbo not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Coding, 37.9 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena WebDev: HTML: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 1687 against GLM 5V Turbo 1356, 40.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 $0.60 against GLM 5V Turbo $4.00 per million output tokens, 6.7x apart.
- Context window
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 takes 1.05M tokens, GLM 5V Turbo 203K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Bars | GLM 5V Turbo | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 3 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 7 | 0 | ||
| General | 1 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 13 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index30
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 96.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1664 | 1402 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 31.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 87.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 44.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| SciCode | 55.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 32.6% | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1622.0 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1466 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1460 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1667 | 1386 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1687 | 1356 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1425 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 39.5 | 23.5 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index18 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1124 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1149 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1134 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1267 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 957 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1102 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1070 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1128 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1260 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| LiveBench research | 79.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| LiveBench browser | 76.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 50.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 57.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 44.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 45.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 14.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 61.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 98.5% | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | 89.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 80.9% | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 43.3% | 17.1% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 93.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 46.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 49.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1443 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1453 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1456 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1286 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1273 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 99.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 71.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 46.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1442 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1447 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SimpleQA Verified | 42.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1448 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1433 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1436 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1435 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1311 | 1230 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1306 | 1210 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1353 | 1218 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1312 | 1202 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1358 | 1208 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1331 | 1227 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1150 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1235 | 1117 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| LiveBench design | 83.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 61.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 79.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 61.1% | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 82.7% | 70.3% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1437 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1423 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1417 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1264 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1454 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1420 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1491 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1422 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1397 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1443 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1452 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1432 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1432 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1431 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1438 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1420 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1407 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1274 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1329 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1270 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1268 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | Not measured | 1264 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1241 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1252 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Document | Not measured | 1416 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Z.ai GLM 5V Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | Z.ai |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | October 17, 2026 | April 1, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 203K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.15 | $1.20 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.60 | $4.00 |
| Coding index | 70.3 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 better than GLM 5V Turbo for coding?
Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has a coding score, 70.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; GLM 5V Turbo has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or GLM 5V Turbo?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; GLM 5V Turbo costs $1.20 and $4.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or GLM 5V Turbo?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, with 1.05M tokens against 203K.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs GLM 5V Turbo comparison based on?
13 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and GLM 5V Turbo's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.