Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude 3 Opus offers 137.9K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-R1. DeepSeek-R1 is $87.26 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3 Opus supports multimodal inputs. DeepSeek-R1 is available on 5 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus was developed as the most capable model in the Claude 3 family, designed to set new industry benchmarks across a wide range of cognitive tasks. Built to handle complex analysis and extended tasks requiring deep reasoning, it balanced frontier intelligence with careful safety considerations, representing the flagship tier of the Claude 3 generation.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1 was developed as a reasoning-focused language model, designed to combine chain-of-thought reasoning with reinforcement learning techniques. Built to excel at complex problem-solving through trial-and-error learning and deliberate analytical processes, it demonstrates the power of efficient training methods in open-source model development.
10 months newer

Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
2024-02-29

DeepSeek-R1
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3 Opus

DeepSeek-R1
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3 Opus

DeepSeek-R1

Claude 3 Opus

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek-R1
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Fireworks
Together
ZeroEval