Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) vs DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) by Anthropic or DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) 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 (Xhigh)
DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh): 72.3% less intelligence, 192.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 73.3% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) | DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 41.2 | 11.4 | −72.3% DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) is 72.3% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $157.58 | $460.74 | +192.4% DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) is 2.9× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 69.98s | 18.69s | −73.3% DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) is 73.3% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $2.00 / $4.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
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