Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Claude Haiku 4.5 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5 continues Anthropic's tradition of fast, efficient models in the fourth generation Claude family. Designed to maintain the hallmark speed and cost-effectiveness of the Haiku line while incorporating advancements from the Claude 4 series, it serves applications requiring rapid processing and quick turnaround times.
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.
8 months newer

DeepSeek R1 Zero
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic
2025-10-15
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Claude Haiku 4.5

DeepSeek R1 Zero
Claude Haiku 4.5
2025-02-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Claude Haiku 4.5

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Claude Haiku 4.5

DeepSeek R1 Zero