ClaudevsDeepSeek

Comparing Anthropic and DeepSeek. Average Podium Score across top models: Claude (84.6) vs DeepSeek (71.6). Flagship showdown: Claude Mythos Preview (97.4) vs Deepseek V4 Pro High Preview (73.0).

Claude (Anthropic)

Industry-leading frontier reasoning and coding models from Anthropic.

Avg Score: 84.6
Licensing: Proprietary API

DeepSeek (DeepSeek)

High-efficiency, cost-effective reasoning and coding open-weight models.

Avg Score: 71.6
Licensing: Open Weights Available

Top Models Showdown

RankModelLabScoreCodingReasoningSpeedPrice / 1M
#1Claude Mythos PreviewAnthropic97.480.998.880 t/s$15/M
#2Claude Fable 5Anthropic93.484.181.071 t/s$50/M
#3Claude Opus 5Anthropic81.470.482.360 t/s$25/M
#4Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic76.058.082.850 t/s$15/M
#5Claude Opus 4 6 ThinkingAnthropic75.050 t/s$15/M
#6Deepseek V4 Pro High PreviewDeepSeek73.050 t/s$1.1/M
#7Deepseek V4 Flash High PreviewDeepSeek72.050 t/s$1.1/M
#8Deepseek V3.2 Exp ThinkingDeepSeek71.050 t/s$1.1/M
#9Deepseek V3.2 ThinkingDeepSeek71.050 t/s$1.1/M
#10Deepseek V3.2 ExpDeepSeek71.050 t/s$1.1/M
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