# DeepSeek V3 vs GLM-4.6

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V3 and GLM-4.6 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-vs-glm-4-6
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek V3 and GLM-4.6 share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- GLM-4.6 has the larger published context window at 200K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-4.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Z.AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 43.74 | 53.94 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 3 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.27 / $1.10 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 38.5 (Estimated · #124/151)
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 41.1 (Estimated · #135/183)
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 48.8 (Estimated · #84/183)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 42% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 3.09% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 43.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 41.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 40.7 (Estimated · #136/181)
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 45.3 (Estimated · #115/181)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.6 (#102/120)
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 42.1 (#98/120)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 86.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 26.2 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 27.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 1.724% | 3.819% | GLM-4.6 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 2.128% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek V3 and GLM-4.6?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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