DeepSeek V3.2 vs Z.ai GLM 4.7 Flash
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- GLM 4.7 Flash is 2.2× cheaper at a typical mix of 3 input tokens per output token.
- GLM 4.7 Flash accepts longer prompts: 200K vs 164K tokens.
- GLM 4.7 Flash is the newer model (released 2026-01-19).
| DeepSeek V3.2 | GLM 4.7 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | DeepSeek | Z.ai |
| Released | 2025-12-01 | 2026-01-19 |
| Input / 1M | $0.28 | $0.06 |
| Output / 1M | $0.42 | $0.40 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.028 | — |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.315 | $0.145 |
| Context | 164K | 200K |
| Max output | 66K | 118K |
| Accepts | text | text |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 9 | 2 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $0.31 | $0.40 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | — |
Cost calculator
DeepSeek V3.2
$23.10 per month$0.77 per day
GLM 4.7 Flash
$9.63 per month$0.32 per day
GLM 4.7 Flash saves $13.47 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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