# Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 vs GLM 4.7 FP8

On provider list prices, Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 costs $0.60 per million input tokens against $0.45 for GLM 4.7 FP8: effectively level. Output is $1.70 against $2 (1.2x). On Allocate both bill at list plus the 7% transaction fee.

## Specifications

| | Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 | GLM 4.7 FP8 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lab | DeepSeek | Zai Org |
| Access | Open weights | Open weights |
| Context window | 128K tokens | 198K tokens |
| List price, input | $0.60 / M tokens | $0.45 / M tokens |
| List price, output | $1.70 / M tokens | $2 / M tokens |
| Cached input | n/a | n/a |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| 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 $1,240 a month on GLM 4.7 FP8 and $1,315 on Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 at list: a gap of $75.

GLM 4.7 FP8 reads 198K tokens per request against 128K for Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4, 1.5x the window. That decides which one can take whole documents without splitting them.

## Choose Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 for

- Fine-tuning under a permissive license (MIT)

## Choose GLM 4.7 FP8 for

- The lower list price ($0.45 in / $2 out per M tokens)
- The longer context window (198K vs 128K tokens)
- Fine-tuning under a permissive license (MIT)

## Common questions

### Which is cheaper, Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 or GLM 4.7 FP8?

GLM 4.7 FP8, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $0.45/$2 per million tokens in and out against $0.60/$1.70 for Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4. Billed on Allocate: $0.48/$2.14 against $0.64/$1.82, list plus 7%.

### Which has the bigger context window?

GLM 4.7 FP8: 202,752 tokens (198K) against 131,072 (128K) for Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4.

### Can I fine-tune Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 or GLM 4.7 FP8?

Both publish open weights (Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4: MIT; GLM 4.7 FP8: MIT), so both can be fine-tuned. On Allocate the trained weights stay inside your boundary and belong to you.

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