Anthropic's new model priced below DeepSeek and GLM flash, matching them on Terminal Bench 4.0

op7418 · x · 2026-10-08

The author compares Anthropic's new model against Chinese value-tier rivals: it is cheaper than both DeepSeek-V4.1 flash and Zhipu's GLM 5.3 flash, and on Terminal Bench 4.0 its AA score is on par with or one point above GLM 5.3 flash while beating the other two. He reads this as Anthropic deliberately targeting China's sweet-spot pricing tier.

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