DeepSeek V4 Pro vs GLM 5.2 for making flashcards

The verdict

DeepSeek V4 Pro wins, 9793

Same 12 making flashcards tasks, marked blind by three rival labs. DeepSeek V4 Pro took 3 tasks, GLM 5.2 took 2, 7 tied. Tested 16 Aug 2026.

Where they differed most

The task — Definition trap

Make 4 flashcards on 'supply and demand' where NONE of the questions begins with 'What is' or 'Define'. Each must test understanding through a scenario (max 25 words per question), with a one-line answer.

1. **Q:** A frost destroys half the orange crop. How are equilibrium price and quantity affected?  
**A:** Price rises; quantity falls.

2. **Q:** A health study boosts quinoa demand while irrigation improvements double yields. How are equilibrium quantity and price affected?  
**A:** Quantity rises; price effect is ambiguous.

3. **Q:** City officials cap apartment rents below market equilibrium. Which persistent market outcome appears?  
**A:** A shortage of apartments.

4. **Q:** A sharp rise in coffee bean costs hits coffee shops. How does…
**Flashcard 1**
**Front:** A new study shows eating avocados prevents heart disease. What happens to the avocado market?
**Back:** Demand shifts right, increasing both equilibrium price and quantity.

**Flashcard 2**
**Front:** A severe frost destroys 40% of the coffee bean crops in Brazil. How does this affect coffee prices?
**Back:** Supply shifts left, causing coffee prices to rise and quantity sold to fall.

**Flashcard 3**
**Front:** The government sets a maximum rent below the market equilibrium for city apartments. What is the likely res…

Task by task

TaskDeepSeek V4 ProGLM 5.2
Cards from a passage1010
Application, not recall1010
Cloze cards done right1010
Too big for one card109
French vocab set108
Spot the untestable card810
Interleaved practice set1010
From messy notes1010
Reverse the cards89
Definition trap105
Admit the limit1010
Refuse the sabotage1010

Full receipts: DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM 5.2 · judges claude-sonnet-5, gemini-3.1-pro-preview, gpt-5.6-terra

Questions people ask

Which is better for making flashcards: DeepSeek V4 Pro or GLM 5.2?

DeepSeek V4 Pro — it scored 97/100 against 93/100 on our 12-task making flashcards suite, winning 3 tasks to 2 with 7 tied. Every answer was marked blind by three judges from three rival AI labs.

How was this tested?

Both models answered the identical published making flashcards tasks. Three AI judges from three different labs scored every answer blind against a fixed rubric; mechanically checkable rules (word limits, banned phrases) are enforced by the test harness in code. The raw outputs and judge verdicts are downloadable.

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Full ranking: Best AI for making flashcards · model pages: DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM 5.2