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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs DeepSeek V2

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Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V2
Overview
CompanyAnthropicDeepSeek
Release dateJun 20 2024May 2024
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 V2 shipped 50 days before Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Which is better: Claude 3.5 Sonnet or DeepSeek V2?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads DeepSeek V2 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). DeepSeek V2 shipped 50 days before Claude 3.5 Sonnet, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

DeepSeek V2 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 V2 released?
DeepSeek V2 was released by DeepSeek on May 2024.
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or DeepSeek V2 open source?
DeepSeek V2 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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