DeepSeek R1 (0528) vs GLM-4.6
Benchmarks, API pricing and specs, head to head. Data updated 2026-06-10.
DeepSeek R1 (0528)
67.8DeepSeek · May 2025
The open reasoning model that started it all — RL-trained chain-of-thought, MIT licensed, and a research landmark.
GLM-4.6
63.9Z.ai (Zhipu) · Sep 2025
The budget coding-agent favorite of late 2025 — near-Sonnet coding utility with MIT weights and a $3/month plan.
The verdict
DeepSeek R1 (0528) wins 2 of the 4 benchmarks these models share, against 1 for GLM-4.6. DeepSeek R1 (0528) is about 1.0x cheaper per blended million tokens (3:1 input:output mix). GLM-4.6 also takes 200K of context versus 128K for DeepSeek R1 (0528).
Benchmark head-to-head 2–1
Specs & pricing
| DeepSeek R1 (0528) | GLM-4.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| modhub Index | 67.8 | 63.9 |
| Input price / 1M | $0.55 | $0.6 |
| Output price / 1M | $2.19 | $2.2 |
| Context window | 128K | 200K |
| Max output | 64K | 128K |
| Open weights | yes (MIT) | yes (MIT) |
| Reasoning model | yes | yes |
| Multimodal input | text | text |
| Knowledge cutoff | Mar 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| Released | May 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| Example monthly cost* | $8.79 | $9.30 |
* 10M input + 1.5M output tokens per month at list prices, no caching. Green = better value on that row.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is better, DeepSeek R1 (0528) or GLM-4.6?
- DeepSeek R1 (0528) wins 2 of the 4 benchmarks these models share, against 1 for GLM-4.6. DeepSeek R1 (0528) is about 1.0x cheaper per blended million tokens (3:1 input:output mix). GLM-4.6 also takes 200K of context versus 128K for DeepSeek R1 (0528).
- Which is cheaper, DeepSeek R1 (0528) or GLM-4.6?
- DeepSeek R1 (0528) costs $0.55/$2.19 per million input/output tokens, while GLM-4.6 costs $0.6/$2.2. For a typical workload of 10M input and 1.5M output tokens per month, that's $8.79 versus $9.30.
- Which model is better for coding, DeepSeek R1 (0528) or GLM-4.6?
- We don't yet track SWE-bench Verified results for both models; check their individual pages for coding-related scores.