Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-R1 offers 30.1K more tokens in context window than Claude Opus 4.1. DeepSeek-R1 is $87.26 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Opus 4.1 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1 is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 72.7% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MMMLU (89.5%), TAU-bench Retail (82.4%), GPQA (80.9%). It supports a 232K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents Anthropic's latest advancement in AI technology.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1 is a language model developed by DeepSeek. It supports a 262K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 5 API providers. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents DeepSeek's latest advancement in AI technology.
6 months newer
DeepSeek-R1
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
2025-08-05
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Opus 4.1
DeepSeek-R1
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 8 common benchmarks
Claude Opus 4.1
DeepSeek-R1
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval
Claude Opus 4.1
DeepSeek-R1
Claude Opus 4.1
DeepSeek-R1
DeepSeek-R1
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Fireworks
Together
ZeroEval