Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Zero leads with 32.9% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Claude 3 Sonnet is available on 3 providers. Overall, DeepSeek R1 Zero is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Sonnet was introduced as the balanced middle tier of the Claude 3 family, offering a combination of strong capabilities and operational speed. Designed to provide an optimal tradeoff between intelligence and performance for everyday tasks, it served as a versatile solution for a wide range of enterprise and consumer applications.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Zero was introduced as an experimental variant trained with minimal human supervision, designed to develop reasoning patterns through self-guided reinforcement learning. Built to explore how models can discover analytical strategies independently, it represents research into autonomous reasoning capability development.
10 months newer

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-02-29

DeepSeek R1 Zero
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Claude 3 Sonnet

DeepSeek R1 Zero
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3 Sonnet

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Claude 3 Sonnet

DeepSeek R1 Zero

DeepSeek R1 Zero