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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs DeepSeek Coder

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Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
DeepSeek
DeepSeek Coder
Overview
CompanyAnthropicDeepSeek
Release dateJun 20 2024Nov 2 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
59.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
33.4%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapDeepSeek Coder shipped 231 days before Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Which is better: Claude 3.5 Sonnet or DeepSeek Coder?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads DeepSeek Coder on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). DeepSeek Coder shipped 231 days before Claude 3.5 Sonnet, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

DeepSeek Coder is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 3.5 Sonnet is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 3.5 Sonnet released?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Jun 20 2024.
When was DeepSeek Coder released?
DeepSeek Coder was released by DeepSeek on Nov 2 2023.
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or DeepSeek Coder open source?
DeepSeek Coder is an open-source / open-weight model released by DeepSeek. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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