Claude Opus 4.8 vs DeepSeek V3.2
Head to head on 22 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic | 66.7% | 67.0% | 1835elo | 80.8 | 47.2% | 92.0% | 48.7% | 62.2% | 80.1% | 79.3% | 78.3% | 67.4% | 81.4% | 84.3% | 89.7% | 91.8% | 69.0% | 53.5% | 75.6% | 58.3% | 82.7% | 94.4% | - | - | - | 15.5% | 80.4% | 14.5% | - | 1281elo | 40.0% | 53.9% | 13.4% | 22.5% | 1890elo | 56.9% | - | - | 10.4% | - | 53.2% | 85.8% | - | 69.9% | 83.4% | 54.8% | - | - | 69.2% | 82.7% | - | 60.9% | 70.9% | 63.4% |
| DeepSeek V3.2 DeepSeek | 47.9% | 16.0% | 1511elo | 66.8 | 22.1% | 75.1% | 11.2% | 49.0% | 65.9% | 64.6% | 50.0% | 48.2% | 70.4% | 85.0% | 77.2% | 57.5% | 8.0% | 38.7% | 68.2% | 32.6% | 5.1% | 78.9% | 74.7% | 74.2% | 59.0% | - | - | - | 0.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31.3% | 68.0% | - | 59.3% | - | - | 83.7% | - | - | - | 59.0% | 70.0% | - | - | 65 | - | - | 51.7% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic | DeepSeek V3.2 DeepSeek |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Claude Opus 4.8 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) is an AI model from Anthropic. | DeepSeek V3.2 is an AI model from DeepSeek, released with open weights. |
| Family | Claude | Deepseek |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | - | open |
| License | - | mit |
| Released | 28 May 2026 | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Context | 1,000,000 | 163,840 |
| Input $/1M | $5.00 | $0.28 |
| Output $/1M | $25.00 | $0.42 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.500 | $0.130 |
| Cache write $/1M | $6.250 | - |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | text, image, file | text |
| Providers | - | - |
| Publisher | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Reported scores | Aider Polyglot Benchmark74.2% (Aider) MathArena57.47% GPQA Diamond75.1% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)11.2% (AA) |
FAQ
- Is Claude Opus 4.8 or DeepSeek V3.2 better?
- Across the 22 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Claude Opus 4.8 leads on 21 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do Claude Opus 4.8 and DeepSeek V3.2 compare on GPQA Diamond?
- Claude Opus 4.8 scores 92.0% and DeepSeek V3.2 scores 75.1% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.8 or DeepSeek V3.2?
- DeepSeek V3.2 is cheaper at $0.42 per million output tokens against $25.00 for Claude Opus 4.8 - about 59.5x.
- When were Claude Opus 4.8 and DeepSeek V3.2 released?
- Claude Opus 4.8 was released 28 May 2026 by Anthropic. DeepSeek V3.2 was released 1 Dec 2025 by DeepSeek.
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