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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads with 18.2% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available on 3 providers. Overall, Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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Anthropic
This upgraded version of Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released with significant improvements in coding and agentic tool use. Built to deliver enhanced performance in software engineering tasks, it brought substantial gains in reasoning and problem-solving while introducing the groundbreaking computer use capability in public beta, allowing it to interact with computer interfaces like a human.
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DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B was developed as a compact distilled variant, designed to bring reasoning capabilities to a more efficient 8B parameter Llama base. Built to democratize access to reasoning-enhanced models, it provides a lightweight option for applications requiring analytical depth with limited resources.
3 months newer
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-10-22
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
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Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Average Score:67.2%(+18.2%)
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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Average Score:49.0%
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet
3 providers
Anthropic
Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
Bedrock
Throughput: 101 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.4ms
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Avg Score:67.2%(+18.2%)
Providers:3
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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Avg Score:49.0%
Providers:0