Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads with 7.4% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.7 Sonnet offers 98.6K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is $17.32 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3.7 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Claude 3.7 Sonnet is available on 4 providers. Overall, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp 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-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.
7 months newer

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Anthropic
2025-02-24

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

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

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

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

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

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Novita
ZeroEval