Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 (Max)
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) by Anthropic or DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 (Max) by DeepSeek? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 (Max)
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 (Max) vs Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning): 79.9% more intelligence, 53.3% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 96.7% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 16.9 | 30.4 | +79.9% DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 … is 79.9% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $594.08 | $277.30 | −53.3% DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 … is 53.3% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 24.38s | 47.95s | +96.7% DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 … is 96.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $0.43 / $0.87 | |
| 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 Pro 0424 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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