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Claude Sonnet 5
$2.00 / 1MLowest verified input-token price
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Claude Sonnet 5 vs DeepSeek-R1
Compare Claude Sonnet 5 vs DeepSeek-R1 pricing, benchmarks, context and capabilities side by side.
Claude Sonnet 5
Claude Sonnet 5 is a model from Anthropic, released on June 30, 2026. Its verified profile includes Text Generation, Reasoning, Image Understanding, Code Generation, Func...
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DeepSeek-R1
DeepSeek-R1 is a model from DeepSeek, released on January 20, 2025. Its verified profile includes Text Generation, Reasoning, Code Generation, and API Access, with a 128,...
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Evidence freshnessSep 2026
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Lower output price
Claude Sonnet 5
$10.00 / 1MLowest verified output-token price
Larger context
Claude Sonnet 5
1,000,000Largest comparable context window
Newer release
Claude Sonnet 5
Jun 2026Most recent listed release date
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| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5 | DeepSeek-R1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 128,000 |
| Input / 1M tokens | $2.00 | No verified data yet |
| Output / 1M tokens | $10.00 | No verified data yet |
| Status | Active | Active |
| Release date | Jun 2026 | Jan 2025 |
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Claude Sonnet 5—
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Additional one-sided benchmark evidence 21
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Claude Sonnet 5SWE-bench Verified85.20%
DeepSeek-R1C-SimpleQA63.70%
DeepSeek-R1C-Eval91.80%
DeepSeek-R1CLUEWSC92.80%
DeepSeek-R1CNMO 202478.80%
DeepSeek-R1MATH-50097.30%
DeepSeek-R1AIME 202479.80%
DeepSeek-R1Aider Polyglot53.30%
DeepSeek-R1SWE-bench Verified (DeepSeek Resolved)49.20%
DeepSeek-R1Codeforces Percentile96.30%
DeepSeek-R1LiveCodeBench65.90%
DeepSeek-R1ArenaHard92.30%
DeepSeek-R1AlpacaEval2.087.60%
DeepSeek-R1FRAMES82.50%
DeepSeek-R1SimpleQA30.10%
DeepSeek-R1GPQA Diamond71.50%
DeepSeek-R1IF-Eval (Prompt Strict)83.30%
DeepSeek-R1DROP (3-shot F1)92.20%
DeepSeek-R1MMLU-Pro84.00%
DeepSeek-R1MMLU-Redux92.90%
DeepSeek-R1MMLU90.80%
Capability differences
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Agent WorkflowsFunction CallingImage Understanding
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CLAUDE SONNET 5
Distinct use-case matches
Task Automation · Workflow Automation
DEEPSEEK-R1
Distinct use-case matches
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Evidence & freshness
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Claude Sonnet 5Review soon
- Verified benchmark results
- 1
- Benchmark evidence
- Aug 22, 2026
- Pricing evidence
- Not dated
- Profile review
- Not dated
DeepSeek-R1Review soon
- Verified benchmark results
- 20
- Benchmark evidence
- Sep 4, 2026
- Pricing evidence
- Not dated
- Profile review
- Not dated
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