Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek V3.2 (Reasoning)

Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek V3.2 (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning)Off the frontier
Intelligence
20.70
Total cost
$1501
DeepSeekDeepSeek V3.2 (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
21.50
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning)DeepSeek V3.2 (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)20.721.5+3.9% DeepSeek V3.2 (Reason… is 3.9% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,501.22Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)21.58sNot reported— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$3.00 / $15.0$0.28 / $0.42
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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