Claude Sonnet 5 (High) vs DeepSeek V3.1 (Non-reasoning)

Claude Sonnet 5 (High) 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.

AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5 (High)Off the frontier
Intelligence
31.70
Total cost
$2086
DeepSeekDeepSeek V3.1 (Non-reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
13.70
Total cost
-
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 Sonnet 5 (High)DeepSeek V3.1 (Non-reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)31.713.7−56.8% DeepSeek V3.1 (Non-re… is 56.8% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,086.04Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)15.23s6.48s−57.5% DeepSeek V3.1 (Non-re… is 57.5% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $10.0$0.56 / $1.68
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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