Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25)
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) by Anthropic or DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) by DeepSeek? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) scores 5.5 points higher (16.9 vs 11.4) but costs 1.3× as much to run the benchmark ($594 vs $461; premium vs mid-range cost classes). Pick Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25).
| Metric | Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) | DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 16.9 | 11.4 | −32.5% DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) is 32.5% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $594.08 | $460.74 | −22.4% DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) is 22.4% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 24.36s | 19.17s | −21.3% DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) is 21.3% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $2.00 / $4.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) vs Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning): 32.5% less intelligence, 22.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 21.3% faster end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
- DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
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