Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 (Max)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) 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 Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh)
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 (Max) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh): 26.2% less intelligence, 76.0% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 30.5% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 41.2 | 30.4 | −26.2% DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 … is 26.2% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $157.58 | $277.30 | +76.0% DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 … is 76.0% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 69.98s | 48.67s | −30.5% DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 … is 30.5% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.43 / $0.87 | |
| 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 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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