Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max)
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) by Anthropic or DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max) by DeepSeek? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max)
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max) vs Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning): 103.0% more intelligence, 66.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 24.3% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 16.9 | 34.3 | +103.0% DeepSeek V4 Flash 073… is 2.0× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $594.08 | $199.63 | −66.4% DeepSeek V4 Flash 073… is 66.4% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 23.70s | 17.94s | −24.3% DeepSeek V4 Flash 073… is 24.3% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $0.14 / $0.28 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
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 V4 Flash 0731 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) scores 41.20 for $158.
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