Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads with 13.0% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.5 Sonnet offers 170.6K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is $17.32 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Overall, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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-V3.2-Exp was introduced as an experimental release, designed to test new architectural innovations and training methodologies. Built to explore the boundaries of mixture-of-experts design, it serves as a research preview for techniques that may be incorporated into future stable releases.
11 months newer

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-10-22

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
DeepSeek
2025-09-29
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Novita
ZeroEval