Claude 3 Sonnet vs DeepSeek-MoE
Anthropic Claude 3 Sonnet | DeepSeek DeepSeek-MoE | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Release date | Mar 4 2024 | Jan 9 2024 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Benchmarks | ||
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 40.4% | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | DeepSeek-MoE shipped 55 days before Claude 3 Sonnet | |
Which is better: Claude 3 Sonnet or DeepSeek-MoE?
Claude 3 Sonnet and DeepSeek-MoE don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. DeepSeek-MoE shipped 55 days before Claude 3 Sonnet, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Claude 3 Sonnet is proprietary, while DeepSeek-MoE is open weight.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude 3 Sonnet and DeepSeek-MoE don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Claude 3 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.
DeepSeek-MoE was released by DeepSeek on Jan 9 2024.
Claude 3 Sonnet is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. DeepSeek-MoE is an open weight model released by DeepSeek.
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