DeepSeek V4 Pro vs GLM-5.3
GLM-5.3 comes out ahead on 8 of 12 shared measures, and the two rank 14 and 38 of 51 overall. DeepSeek V4 Pro is 1.1× cheaper per million tokens (blended) — A$5.37 vs A$5.78 per 1,000 replies of customer support replys.
Where each one wins.
GLM-5.3 ranks 14th of 51; DeepSeek V4 Pro ranks 38th.
GLM-5.3 ranks 11th of 42; DeepSeek V4 Pro ranks 25th.
GLM-5.3 ranks 8th of 41; DeepSeek V4 Pro ranks 20th.
GLM-5.3 ranks 15th of 51; DeepSeek V4 Pro ranks 28th.
DeepSeek V4 Pro ranks 26th of 51; GLM-5.3 ranks 31st.
GLM-5.3 ranks 10th of 50; DeepSeek V4 Pro ranks 29th.
DeepSeek V4 Pro is 1.1× cheaper per million tokens (blended) — A$5.37 vs A$5.78 per 1,000 replies of customer support replys.
DeepSeek V4 Pro writes 1.2× faster (79 tok/s vs 63 tok/s).
Both can be used from Australia through their makers’ own APIs (DeepSeek and Z.ai), which may process requests outside Australia. DeepSeek V4 Pro can be called from Microsoft Azure in Australia East, but only through global routing, so requests may be processed outside Australia; its weights are public, so it can also be self-hosted in Australia. GLM-5.3’s weights are public, so it can be hosted in Australia on your own infrastructure or an Australian cloud region.
Side by side.
“Level” means the gap is inside LMArena’s confidence interval, or the scores are identical. Independent test scores are for each model’s headline setting. Both models can be used from Australia through their makers’ APIs; the Australian rows show whether requests can also be processed in Australia.
| BENCHMARK | DEEPSEEK V4 PRO | GLM-5.3 | LEADS |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 36.0 | 44.8 | GLM-5.3 |
| AA Coding Index | 68.8 | 74.8 | GLM-5.3 |
| GPQA Diamond | 92.8% | 91.7% | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| Humanity’s Last Exam | 41.0% | 42.3% | GLM-5.3 |
| AA-LCR | 80.3% | 79.7% | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 78.7% | 83.9% | GLM-5.3 |
| τ²-Bench (banking) | 39.6% | 50.3% | GLM-5.3 |
| SciCode | 51.0% | 59.0% | GLM-5.3 |
| LMArena Text | 1463 | 1483 | GLM-5.3 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1580 | 1620 | GLM-5.3 |
| LMArena Agent | #16 | #18 | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| Blended price (AUD) | A$2.78 | A$3.02 | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| Output speed | 79 tok/s | 63 tok/s | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| Answer starts after | 27 s | 35 s | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens | Level |
| USE FROM AUSTRALIA | |||
| Maker’s API | YES | YES | |
| Processed in Australia | SELF-HOST ONLY | SELF-HOST ONLY | |
| AUSTRALIAN CLOUD REGIONS | |||
| AWS Bedrock · Sydney | NOT OFFERED | NOT OFFERED | |
| AWS Bedrock · Melbourne | NOT OFFERED | NOT OFFERED | |
| Azure · Australia East | GLOBAL | NOT OFFERED | |
| Google Vertex AI · Sydney | NOT OFFERED | NOT OFFERED | |
The same jobs, in Australian dollars.
List prices at the snapshot’s RBA rate, excluding GST and reasoning tokens.
| JOB | DEEPSEEK V4 PRO | GLM-5.3 | MEDIAN MODEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer support replyPER 1,000 REPLIES | A$5.37 | A$5.78 | ≈ A$6.58 |
| Summarise a 30-page documentPER 100 DOCUMENTS | A$4.15 | A$4.43 | ≈ A$4.74 |
| Agentic coding taskPER 10 TASKS | A$3.22 | A$3.44 | ≈ A$3.72 |
Each model in full.
DeepSeek V4 Pro or GLM-5.3?
Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than GLM-5.3?
On our overall leaderboard GLM-5.3 ranks 14th and DeepSeek V4 Pro 38th of 51. Which is better depends on the job: the table above compares each benchmark, price and Australian availability.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or GLM-5.3?
DeepSeek V4 Pro, at A$2.78 per million tokens (blended) against A$3.02 for GLM-5.3. Reasoning-heavy settings add output tokens, so real bills depend on the effort level you run.
Can I use DeepSeek V4 Pro and GLM-5.3 in Australia?
Both can be used from Australia through their makers’ own APIs (DeepSeek and Z.ai), which may process requests outside Australia. DeepSeek V4 Pro can be called from Microsoft Azure in Australia East, but only through global routing, so requests may be processed outside Australia; its weights are public, so it can also be self-hosted in Australia. GLM-5.3’s weights are public, so it can be hosted in Australia on your own infrastructure or an Australian cloud region.
Ratings: LMArena leaderboard dataset (CC BY 4.0), rescaled for the lens scores · leaderboards to 22 Sep 2026
Evaluations, prices and speed: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) · fetched 23 Sep 2026
Exchange rate: Reserve Bank of Australia, table F11.1 · A$1 = US$0.7123 on 22 Sep 2026 · prices exclude GST
Snapshot 23 Sep 2026 · updated weekly · How the rankings work →