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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads with 24.3% higher average benchmark score. Claude Sonnet 4.5 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is available on 2 providers. Overall, Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5 was developed to bridge human thinking and machine assistance, allowing people to work with language and tools in a more conversational and natural way. Built with a focus on turning ideas into results, it represents an evolution in making AI feel less mechanical while maintaining strong capabilities across reasoning, coding, and collaborative tasks.
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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.
8 months newer
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
2025-09-29
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Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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Claude Sonnet 4.5
Average Score:83.4%(+24.3%)
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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
Average Score:59.1%
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
Claude Sonnet 4.5
2025-01-31
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Claude Sonnet 4.5
2 providers
Anthropic
Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.4ms
ZeroEval
Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.4ms
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Claude Sonnet 4.5
Avg Score:83.4%(+24.3%)
Providers:2
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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
Avg Score:59.1%
Providers:0