# DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs GLM-5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and GLM-5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v4-1-flash-vs-glm-5
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GLM-5 leads overall 61.45 to 55.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is CyberGym in Agentic, with scores of 88.1% and 43.2%.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GLM-5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Z.AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 200K |
| Overall Score | null | 61.45 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 36 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $1.00 / $3.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 51.1 (Estimated · #48/152)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 90.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 31.20% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 88.1% | 43.2% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| ExploitGym | 15.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 63.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 54.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 31.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 57.7% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 54.1% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 65.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 14.6% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 38% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 31.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 69.8% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 50.99% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 56.3 (Estimated · #39/151)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Codeforces | 3471.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 90.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 20.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | Coming soon | 72.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | Coming soon | 74.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Chartography (tools) | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | 89.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | 49.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 52.1 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 63.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 54.2 (Estimated · #58/182)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.9% | 86% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| GPQA-D | 90.9% | 86.0% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| HLE | 36.8% | 50.4% | GLM-5 |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 66.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 88.5 (#31/121)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 92.6% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 48.7 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 83.1% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 56.9 (#7/7)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex | 65.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.8% | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 97.5% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 82.5% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 16.434% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 2.100% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or GLM-5?

GLM-5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cover on BenchLM?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5 currently has 36 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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