Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Sonnet 4 leads with 16.3% 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 was created as the balanced offering in the Claude 4 family, designed to provide strong intelligence with practical speed and cost efficiency. Built to serve as a versatile workhorse for diverse applications, it balances advanced capabilities with operational considerations for everyday enterprise and consumer use.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B was developed as a mid-sized distilled variant based on Qwen, designed to balance reasoning capability with practical deployment considerations. Built to provide strong analytical performance while remaining accessible, it serves applications requiring reliable reasoning without flagship-scale resources.
4 months newer

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Claude Sonnet 4

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval

Claude Sonnet 4

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Claude Sonnet 4

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B