Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V3 0324 leads with 2.4% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.5 Sonnet offers 72.3K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V3 0324. DeepSeek-V3 0324 is $16.58 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3-0324 represents a specific release iteration of DeepSeek-V3, developed to incorporate ongoing improvements and refinements. Built to provide enhanced stability and performance based on deployment learnings, it continues the evolution of the DeepSeek-V3 architecture with iterative enhancements.
5 months newer

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-10-22

DeepSeek-V3 0324
DeepSeek
2025-03-25
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

DeepSeek-V3 0324
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

DeepSeek-V3 0324
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

DeepSeek-V3 0324

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

DeepSeek-V3 0324

DeepSeek-V3 0324
Novita