Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Haiku 4.5 leads with 56.5% higher average benchmark score. Claude Haiku 4.5 offers 383.6K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V2.5. DeepSeek-V2.5 is $5.58 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Haiku 4.5 supports multimodal inputs. DeepSeek-V2.5 is available on 3 providers. Overall, Claude Haiku 4.5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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-V2.5 was developed as an enhanced iteration of the DeepSeek-V2 architecture, designed to incorporate improvements in model quality and efficiency. Built to advance the DeepSeek foundation model series, it provides refined capabilities for general-purpose language understanding and generation tasks.
1 year newer

DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepSeek
2024-05-08

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic
2025-10-15
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude Haiku 4.5

DeepSeek-V2.5
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Claude Haiku 4.5

DeepSeek-V2.5
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Claude Haiku 4.5

DeepSeek-V2.5
Claude Haiku 4.5
2025-02-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic

DeepSeek-V2.5

Claude Haiku 4.5

DeepSeek-V2.5

Claude Haiku 4.5

DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Hyperbolic