Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads with 5.1% higher average benchmark score. Claude Sonnet 4 offers 98.6K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is $17.32 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Sonnet 4 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Sonnet 4 is available on 4 providers. Overall, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp 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-V3.2-Exp was introduced as an experimental release, designed to test new architectural innovations and training methodologies. Built to explore the boundaries of mixture-of-experts design, it serves as a research preview for techniques that may be incorporated into future stable releases.
4 months newer

Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
DeepSeek
2025-09-29
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude Sonnet 4

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Claude Sonnet 4

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Claude Sonnet 4

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval

Claude Sonnet 4

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Claude Sonnet 4

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Novita
ZeroEval