# DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 vs GLM 5.2

On provider list prices, GLM 5.2 costs $1.40 per million input tokens against $3 for DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4: 2.1x apart. Output is $4.40 against $7 (1.6x). On Allocate both bill at list plus the 7% transaction fee.

## Specifications

| | DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 | GLM 5.2 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lab | Deepseek | Zai Org |
| Access | Open weights | Open weights |
| Context window | 160K tokens | 256K tokens |
| List price, input | $3 / M tokens | $1.40 / M tokens |
| List price, output | $7 / M tokens | $4.40 / M tokens |
| Cached input | n/a | $0.26 / M tokens |
| License | MIT | Not listed |
| Fine-tunable | Yes | Yes |

Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-07-08. Billed price is list plus the 7% transaction fee.

## What the numbers say

Take 1,000,000 requests a month at 1,200 input and 350 output tokens each. That workload costs $3,220 a month on GLM 5.2 and $6,050 on DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 at list: a gap of $2,830, or 1.9x.

GLM 5.2 reads 256K tokens per request against 160K for DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4, 1.6x the window. That decides which one can take whole documents without splitting them.

## Choose DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 for

- Fine-tuning under a permissive license (MIT)

## Choose GLM 5.2 for

- Agents on open weights
- Code and structured outputs
- Fine-tuning toward an owned model

## Common questions

### Which is cheaper, DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 or GLM 5.2?

GLM 5.2, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $1.40/$4.40 per million tokens in and out against $3/$7 for DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4. Billed on Allocate: $1.50/$4.71 against $3.21/$7.49, list plus 7%.

### Which has the bigger context window?

GLM 5.2: 262,144 tokens (256K) against 163,840 (160K) for DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4.

### Can I fine-tune DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 or GLM 5.2?

Both publish open weights (DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4: MIT; GLM 5.2: Not listed), so both can be fine-tuned. On Allocate the trained weights stay inside your boundary and belong to you.

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