Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus (Non-reasoning)

Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus (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 (Medium)DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus (Non-reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)44.813.9−69.0% DeepSeek V3.1 Terminu… is 69.0% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,731.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)12.85s7.45s−42.0% DeepSeek V3.1 Terminu… is 42.0% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.27 / $1.00
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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