Models

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs GLM 5.2

Output tokens cost $0.28 per million on DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and $3.94 per million on GLM 5.2. Input tokens cost $0.14 per million on DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and $1.13 per million on GLM 5.2. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.03 per million on DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and $0.28 per million on GLM 5.2. Context lengths are 1,000,000 tokens on DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and 1,000,000 tokens on GLM 5.2. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 2.4s on DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and 1.1s on GLM 5.2. Measured output throughput is 70.3 tok/s on DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and 46.3 tok/s on GLM 5.2.

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DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
DeepSeek · text, image → text

DeepSeek’s officially released new multimodal visual-understanding model, DeepSeek‑V4‑Flash‑Vision‑Exp, is experimental in nature and supports multimodal inputs. In pure-text capabilities (agents, reasoning, world knowledge, etc.), DeepSeek‑V4‑Flash‑Vision‑Exp is on par with the official DeepSeek‑V4‑Flash release.

Input$0.14 /M
Output$0.28 /M
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GLM 5.2
Z.AI · text → text

GLM-5.2 is Z.ai’s flagship model for the era of long-horizon tasks. With a truly usable 1M-token context window, it can handle project-level engineering context, execute long-running tasks more reliably, follow engineering standards more consistently, and complete the full development workflow from requirements to multi-platform deployment in a single task.

Input$1.13 /M
Output$3.94 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
GLM 5.2
Input /M
$0.14
$1.13
Output /M
$0.28
$3.94
Cache read /M
$0.03
$0.28
Context length
1,000,000
1,000,000
Max output
384,000
128,000
Time to First Token
2.4 s
1.1 s
Throughput
70.3 tok/s
46.3 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
text
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsthinking
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api
chat_completions · claude_api
Released
July 31, 2026
June 16, 2026

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
$12.78 /mo
GLM 5.2
$127 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp, GLM 5.2?

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: $0.28/M output tokens; GLM 5.2: $3.94/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Which responds faster?

GLM 5.2: 1.1s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp accepts 1,000,000 and GLM 5.2 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 384,000 tokens on DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and 128,000 tokens on GLM 5.2.

Which one generates tokens faster?

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp at 70.3 tok/s and GLM 5.2 at 46.3 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and thinking; GLM 5.2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and GLM 5.2 with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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