Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude 3 Opus leads with 42.3% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3 Opus supports multimodal inputs. Claude 3 Opus is available on 3 providers. Overall, Claude 3 Opus is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. This model demonstrates exceptional performance with an average score of 81.6% across 11 benchmarks. It excels particularly in ARC-C (96.4%), HellaSwag (95.4%), GSM8k (95.0%). It supports a 400K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 3 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2024, it represents Anthropic's latest advancement in AI technology.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Zero is a language model developed by DeepSeek. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 76.5% across 4 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MATH-500 (95.9%), AIME 2024 (86.7%), GPQA (73.3%). It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents DeepSeek's latest advancement in AI technology.
10 months newer
Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
2024-02-29
DeepSeek R1 Zero
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 14 common benchmarks
Claude 3 Opus
DeepSeek R1 Zero
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
Bedrock
Claude 3 Opus
DeepSeek R1 Zero
Claude 3 Opus
DeepSeek R1 Zero
DeepSeek R1 Zero