Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) by Anthropic or DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning) by DeepSeek? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (High)
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (High): 34.7% less intelligence, 106.1% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 90.1% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 37.8 | 24.7 | −34.7% DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (… is 34.7% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $94.07 | $193.84 | +106.1% DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (… is 2.1× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 29.47s | 2.91s | −90.1% DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (… is 90.1% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.30 / $1.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) scores 41.30 for $175.
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