Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Sonnet 4 leads with 27.1% higher average benchmark score. Claude Sonnet 4 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Sonnet 4 is available on 4 providers. Overall, Claude Sonnet 4 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4 is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 69.4% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MMMLU (86.5%), TAU-bench Retail (80.5%), GPQA (75.4%). It supports a 328K 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 Distill Llama 8B is a language model developed by DeepSeek. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 64.4% across 4 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MATH-500 (89.1%), AIME 2024 (80.0%), GPQA (49.0%). It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents DeepSeek's latest advancement in AI technology.
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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 11 common benchmarks
Claude Sonnet 4
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval
Claude Sonnet 4
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Claude Sonnet 4
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B