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DeepSeek, Z.AI, and Google released new “Flash” vision or reasoning models and published comparative performance and pricing against prior variants

Model release ● Confirmed 72% confidence first seen

DeepSeek released V4 Flash Vision Exp for image inputs and reported benchmarking versus Gemini 3.7 Flash on document-image tasks, including differences in latency and cost. Z.AI released GLM-5.3-Flash and reported tests versus its prior GLM-5.3 showing similar accuracy with different time and token usage. Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash, describing increased reasoning and iterative tool use compared with Gemini 3.7 Flash, alongside pricing and cautions about potentially higher token consumption.

DeepSeek GLM-5.3 GLM-5.3-Flash Gemini 3.7 Flash Gemini 3.8 Flash Google V4 Flash Vision Exp Z.ai The New Stack

Source coverage

DeepSeek’s first vision model vs. Gemini 3.7 Flash: It comes down to spend vs. speed The New Stack GLM-5.3-Flash vs. GLM-5.3: Time and money, not the spec sheet The New Stack Google says its new Gemini 3.8 Flash model ‘works harder’ but might cost more The Verge independent

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