Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Non-reasoning) vs DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24)

Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Non-reasoning) vs DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24). 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 (Non-reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
19.30
Total cost
-
DeepSeekDeepSeek V3 (Dec '24)Off the frontier
Intelligence
8.50
Total cost
$25.4
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 (Non-reasoning)DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)19.38.5−56.0% DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) is 56.0% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$25.37— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)11.99s11.84s−1.3% DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) is 1.3% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$3.00 / $15.0$0.32 / $0.89
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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