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  3. DeepSeek V4 Pro vs GLM-5.2

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs GLM-5.2 benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, DeepSeek V4 Pro delivers higher overall intelligence and human-preferred responses (Elo 1,536 vs 1,492), while DeepSeek V4 Pro leads in SWE-bench software engineering benchmarks (71.6%), while GLM-5.2 is more budget-friendly at $3.74/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Choose DeepSeek V4 Pro if your priority is peak reasoning, complex code generation, and top preference Elo. Choose GLM-5.2 if you are optimizing for low latency, high throughput, and cost-efficient API deployment.
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Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

9 direct benchmark disciplines evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

DeepSeek V4 Pro (5)GLM-5.2 (4)
DeepSeek V4 Pro
5 of 9 Wins
✓Preference Elo✓Coding Elo✓LiveBench✓SWE-bench✓GPQA Diamond
GLM-5.2
4 of 9 Wins
✓Time to first token✓Output speed✓Input price✓Output price
DeepSeek
Leads 5 of 9 metrics
DeepSeek V4 Pro

Open-weight-adjacent DeepSeek flagship. High reasoning density per dollar.

Elo 1,536$3.9600000000000004/1M out
Zhipu
Leads 4 of 9 metrics
GLM-5.2

Zhipu flagship. Strong Chinese/English coding and agents.

GLM-5.2Elo 1,492$3.74/1M out

DeepSeek V4 Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

2 models

Currently comparing DeepSeek V4 Pro vs GLM-5.2. Alternative family tiers available.

Active: DeepSeek V4 Pro
DeepSeek V4 Flash$0.28

DeepSeek V4 Pro Thinking Depth & Cost Scaler

Model A

Simulate accuracy gains vs added response time & token cost

Mode: Medium (Full RL CoT)

Reasoning models “think before answering” by generating internal reasoning tokens. Higher effort improves math, coding, and logic accuracy, but increases response delay and token costs.

Thinking Delay
410 ms
Standard speed
Reasoning Depth
~2,800
Internal tokens
Cost / 1k Calls
$12.94
7.0× standard bill
Accuracy Boost
+6.5% accuracy
STEM & SWE-bench
Top Rival Showdowns for DeepSeek V4 Pro
All Matchups
Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5vs GPT-5vs Gemini 3 Provs Grok 4.6vs Qwen 3 Max
Preference LeaderDeepSeek V4 Pro Wins

DeepSeek V4 Pro

Δ 44 Arena Elo pts

Throughput LeaderGLM-5.2 Wins

GLM-5.2

84 tok/s

Value per Dollar LeaderGLM-5.2 Wins

GLM-5.2

$3.74 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top Western standard models with China's leading frontier rival across 6 skill dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

DeepSeek V4 Pro (5)vsGLM-5.2 (4)
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 5W (56%)Overall: DeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.2: 4W (44%)
← DeepSeek V4 Pro1 tiesGLM-5.2 →
🏆DeepSeek V4 Pro(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark
DeepSeek V4 ProvsGLM-5.2
Preference Elo
1,536vs1,492+44
Coding Elo
1,544vs1,504+40
SWE-bench
71.6%vs69.3%+2.3%
LiveBench
70.1%vs65.2%+4.9%
GPQA Diamond
84%vs79.5%+4.5%
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 5WGLM-5.2: 0W
🏆GLM-5.2(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark
DeepSeek V4 ProvsGLM-5.2
Output speed
70 tok/svs84 tok/s+14 tok/s
Time to first token
410 msvs270 ms+140 ms
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 0WGLM-5.2: 2W
🏆GLM-5.2(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark
DeepSeek V4 ProvsGLM-5.2
Output price
$3.96/1Mvs$3.74/1M+$0.22/1M
Input price
$1.32/1Mvs$1.19/1M+$0.13/1M
Context window
1Mvs1M
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 0WGLM-5.2: 2W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo+44
DeepSeek V4 Pro1,536
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
GLM-5.21,492
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
Coding Elo+40
DeepSeek V4 Pro1,544
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
GLM-5.21,504
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
LiveBench+4.9%
DeepSeek V4 Pro70.1%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
GLM-5.265.2%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
SWE-bench+2.3%
DeepSeek V4 Pro71.6%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
GLM-5.269.3%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
GPQA Diamond+4.5%
DeepSeek V4 Pro84%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GLM-5.279.5%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Time to first token+140 ms
DeepSeek V4 Pro410 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GLM-5.2270 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Output speed+14 tok/s
DeepSeek V4 Pro70 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GLM-5.284 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Input price+$0.13/1M
DeepSeek V4 Pro$1.32/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
GLM-5.2$1.19/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
Output price+$0.22/1M
DeepSeek V4 Pro$3.96/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
GLM-5.2$3.74/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
Context window
DeepSeek V4 Pro1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
GLM-5.21M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.2Advantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,536
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
1,492
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
+44
Coding Elo
1,544
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
1,504
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
+40
LiveBench
70.1%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
65.2%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
+4.9%
SWE-bench
71.6%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
69.3%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
+2.3%
GPQA Diamond
84%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
79.5%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+4.5%
Time to first token
410 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
270 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+140 ms
Output speed
70 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
84 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+14 tok/s
Input price
$1.32/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
$1.19/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$0.13/1M
Output price
$3.96/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
$3.74/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$0.22/1M
Context window
1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
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Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 7% with GLM-5.2
Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo
Quick Presets:
Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out
RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)
DeepSeek V4 Pro$105.60 / mo
In: $46.2Out: $59.4
GLM-5.2$97.75 / mo
In: $41.65Out: $56.1
Estimated Cost Delta

GLM-5.2 is estimated to save $7.85/month ($94/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

  • 1
    DeepSeek V4 Pro:Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
  • 2
    GLM-5.2:Pick GLM-5.2 when you are optimizing output cost.
  • 3
    GLM-5.2:Pick GLM-5.2 when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsDeepSeek V4 Pro

Higher SWE-bench (71.6%).

High-volume chatGLM-5.2

Lower output list price ($3.74/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIGLM-5.2

Lower TTFT (270 ms).

Long-document RAGDeepSeek V4 Pro

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionGLM-5.2

GLM-5.2 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsDeepSeek V4 ProHigher SWE-bench (71.6%).
High-volume chatGLM-5.2Lower output list price ($3.74/1M).
Voice / low-latency UIGLM-5.2Lower TTFT (270 ms).
Long-document RAGDeepSeek V4 ProLarger window (1M).
Screenshots / visionGLM-5.2GLM-5.2 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

View all news
newsAug 16, 2026

GLM-5.2 vs GLM 5V Turbo Price and SWE-bench 2026

GLM-5.2 undercuts GLM 5V Turbo by 74.2% on input at $0.31/1M, with 1,492 Elo and 69.3% SWE-bench in dated 2026 snapshots.

launchJun 18, 2026

GLM-5.2 remains the prior Zhipu flagship for upgrade pairs

Strong Chinese/English coding. 5.3 is the new row; 5.2 stays so the delta is visible.

compareJun 13, 2026

DeepSeek vs Claude: the cheap-versus-frontier question, remapped

Top DeepSeek vs top Anthropic Elo. Usually V4 Pro vs Opus 5. License and invoice decide as much as Elo.

launchJun 12, 2026

DeepSeek V4 Pro: high reasoning density per dollar

2026-06 open-weight-adjacent flagship. The usual cheap-vs-Claude question starts here.

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LIVE BENCHMARK
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DeepSeek

DeepSeek V4 Pro

Elo 1,536
SWE-bench71.6%
Speed (tok/s)70 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$1.32/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$3.96/1M
Zhipu

GLM-5.2

Elo 1,492
SWE-bench69.3%
Speed (tok/s)84 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$1.19/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$3.74/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, DeepSeek V4 Pro or GLM-5.2?
DeepSeek V4 Pro has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,536). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, DeepSeek V4 Pro or GLM-5.2?
DeepSeek V4 Pro leads SWE-bench at 71.6% vs 69.3%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
GLM-5.2 output tokens are $3.74/1M versus $3.96/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, DeepSeek V4 Pro or GLM-5.2?
GLM-5.2 has the lower time-to-first-token (270 ms vs 410 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?
DeepSeek V4 Pro accepts 1M tokens versus 1M.
Can I self-host either model?
Both DeepSeek V4 Pro and GLM-5.2 are marked open-weights. Hosting cost is not in this table.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?
No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?
Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. DeepSeek V4 Pro and GLM-5.2 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Related news

  • news · Aug 16, 2026

    GLM-5.2 vs GLM 5V Turbo Price and SWE-bench 2026

  • launch · Jun 18, 2026

    GLM-5.2 remains the prior Zhipu flagship for upgrade pairs

  • compare · Jun 13, 2026

    DeepSeek vs Claude: the cheap-versus-frontier question, remapped

  • launch · Jun 12, 2026

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: high reasoning density per dollar

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