Technical Comparison: DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, and GLM API Performance for Production

Short summary

DeepSeek V4 Flash wins on price-to-performance for most workloads, delivering 60 tokens/second at $0.25/M output with flat p99 latency under sustained load—10x cheaper than Western alternatives with comparable English quality. Qwen dominates breadth with models for every budget ($0.01–$2.34/M), while Kimi earns premium pricing on reasoning-heavy tasks. For production systems: choose DeepSeek for cost, Qwen for flexibility, or Kimi for reasoning depth.

• •DeepSeek V4 Flash: best price-to-performance at $0.25/M output, 60 tokens/sec, flat p99 latency
• •Qwen: widest model catalog ($0.01–$2.34/M) with multimodal options
• •Kimi: premium $3/M pricing justified by reasoning benchmarks; GLM strong on Chinese-language tasks

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