Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Opus 4.1 leads with 7.6% higher average benchmark score. Claude Opus 4.1 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Opus 4.1 is available on 4 providers. Overall, Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1 represents an iteration within the Claude 4 Opus line, built to deliver refined performance in complex reasoning and analysis tasks. Developed as part of Anthropic's flagship tier, it incorporates improvements to the foundational capabilities that define the Opus family of models.
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.
6 months newer

DeepSeek R1 Zero
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
2025-08-05
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Claude Opus 4.1

DeepSeek R1 Zero
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval

Claude Opus 4.1

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Claude Opus 4.1

DeepSeek R1 Zero

DeepSeek R1 Zero