Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 (Max)
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) 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 DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 (Max)
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 (Max) vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max): 1.0% more intelligence, 94.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 58.1% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 30.1 | 30.4 | +1.0% DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 … is 1.0% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $4,924.80 | $277.30 | −94.4% DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 … is 94.4% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 115.26s | 48.29s | −58.1% DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 … is 58.1% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $3.00 / $15.0 | $0.43 / $0.87 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
- 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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