Exactly. Even a brief one (a single task done on two models) showed me GLM 5.3 Flash was superior to DeepSeek 4.1 Flash.

DS used nearly twice the budget to accomplish the same thing.

Ideally, these tasks should be something you actually need day to day.

I'd rank it DeepSeek 4.1 Flash 1017 > GLM 5.3 Flash > DeepSeek 4.1 Flash (Original) - 1017 is a huge improvement.