Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads with 1.7% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.7 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Claude 3.7 Sonnet is available on 4 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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-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.
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DeepSeek R1 Zero
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 Zero
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

DeepSeek R1 Zero

DeepSeek R1 Zero