Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V3 leads with 24.5% higher average benchmark score. Claude Sonnet 4.5 offers 1.9K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V3. DeepSeek-V3 is $16.63 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Sonnet 4.5 supports multimodal inputs. Overall, DeepSeek-V3 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5 is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 75.8% across 9 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MMMLU (89.1%), AIME 2025 (87.0%), TAU-bench Retail (86.2%). It supports a 264K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 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-V3 is a language model developed by DeepSeek. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 67.2% across 20 benchmarks. It excels particularly in DROP (91.6%), CLUEWSC (90.9%), MATH-500 (90.2%). It supports a 262K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. Released in 2024, it represents DeepSeek's latest advancement in AI technology.
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DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek
2024-12-25
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
2025-09-29
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Sonnet 4.5
DeepSeek-V3
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 27 common benchmarks
Claude Sonnet 4.5
DeepSeek-V3
Claude Sonnet 4.5
2025-01-31
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
ZeroEval
Claude Sonnet 4.5
DeepSeek-V3
Claude Sonnet 4.5
DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek