Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs DeepSeek V3.1 (Non-reasoning)

Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs DeepSeek V3.1 (Non-reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Verdict

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

MetricClaude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback)DeepSeek V3.1 (Non-reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)51.213.7−73.2% DeepSeek V3.1 (Non-re… is 73.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,626.81Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)21.83s6.51s−70.2% DeepSeek V3.1 (Non-re… is 70.2% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.56 / $1.68
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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