Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded)vsDeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) | DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 | |
|---|---|---|
| API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins · base tier | ||
Input priceWhat you pay for everything you send the model — your question, plus any documents or earlier conversation you include with it. | — | $0.66 |
Output priceWhat you pay for the text the model writes back. It is normally the dearer half: producing an answer costs more than reading one. | — | $1.98 |
Cached input priceA reduced rate for text you send over and over. If every request starts with the same instructions or the same document, the provider keeps a copy ready and charges less to read it again. | — | $0.022 |
Cheapest inputLowest input rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. The cheapest endpoint may run a quantised build or a shorter context — see "Available from" on the model page. | — | $1.122GMICloud |
Cheapest outputLowest output rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. May come from a different provider than the cheapest input. | — | $2.60DeepInfra |
| BenchmarksPublished by one model only | ||
SWE-Bench VerifiedCoding — Real coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 49% | — |
Terminal-Bench 2.1Agentic terminal coding — Can the AI work in a command-line terminal — running commands and finishing technical setup tasks the way a developer would? Higher is better. | — | 87.9% |
Toolathlon-VerifiedPersonal tool use — Tests how well the AI uses everyday personal tools and apps to get things done — a human-checked version of Toolathlon. Higher is better. | — | 74.1% |
CyberGymCybersecurity — Tests the AI on cybersecurity challenges — finding and exploiting software weaknesses inside a safe sandbox. Higher is better. | — | 83.3% |
Humanity's Last Exam · no toolsMultidisciplinary reasoning — Humanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects, written so you can't just look up the answer. “No tools” means the AI answers on its own. Higher is better. | — | 42.7% |
Humanity's Last Exam · with toolsMultidisciplinary reasoning — Humanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects. “With tools” means the AI is allowed to search the web or run code while answering. Higher is better. | — | 60% |
AutomationBenchBusiness workflows — Tests whether the AI can run real multi-step business workflows — the kind of end-to-end office processes companies want to automate — from start to finish. Higher is better. | — | 31.8% |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Release date | Oct 22 2024 | Aug 13 2026 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
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Frequently asked questions
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) and DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Only DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 has a verified first-party API price: $0.66 per million input tokens and $1.98 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded). Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) shipped 660 days before DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) and DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) was released by Anthropic on Oct 22 2024.
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 was released by DeepSeek on Aug 13 2026.
Only DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 has a verified first-party API price: $0.66 per million input tokens and $1.98 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded). Rates are pay-as-you-go API prices verified on August 18, 2026.