Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite Instruct

Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 5 (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
44.80
Total cost
$2732
DeepSeekDeepSeek Coder V2 Lite InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
5.30
Total cost
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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 Opus 5 (Medium)DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)44.85.3−88.2% DeepSeek Coder V2 Lit… is 88.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,731.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)12.70sNot reported— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0—
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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