Is zai-org/GLM-5.1 or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 cheaper?

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.00 vs $4.40 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, zai-org/GLM-5.1 or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3?

zai-org/GLM-5.1 has the larger context window (205K tokens).

zai-org/GLM-5.1 vs deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 is cheaper on output tokens, while zai-org/GLM-5.1 offers a larger context window. Choose zai-org/GLM-5.1 or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	zai-org/GLM-5.1	deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3
Provider	SiliconFlow	SiliconFlow
Input / 1M tokens	$1.40	$0.25
Output / 1M tokens	$4.40	$1.00
Context window	205K	164K
Parameters	754B	671B
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Apr 2026	Dec 2024

zai-org/GLM-5.1 details →deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 details →

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