Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads with 14.3% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.7 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Claude 3.7 Sonnet is available on 4 providers. Overall, Claude 3.7 Sonnet is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude 3.7 Sonnet represents Anthropic's first hybrid reasoning model, capable of producing near-instant responses or extended step-by-step thinking that is visible to users. Developed with particularly strong improvements in coding and front-end web development, it allows users to control thinking budgets and balances real-world task performance with reasoning capabilities for enterprise applications.
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.
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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Anthropic
2025-02-24
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B