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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs DeepSeek-LLM

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-LLM
Overview
CompanyAnthropicDeepSeek
Release dateOct 15 2025Nov 29 2023
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
77%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
73.3%
Science
GPQA Diamond
73%
Timeline
Release gapDeepSeek-LLM shipped 686 days before Claude Haiku 4.5

Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5 or DeepSeek-LLM?

Claude Haiku 4.5 and DeepSeek-LLM don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. DeepSeek-LLM shipped 686 days before Claude Haiku 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Haiku 4.5 is proprietary, while DeepSeek-LLM is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Haiku 4.5 and DeepSeek-LLM don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Haiku 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Oct 15 2025.

DeepSeek-LLM was released by DeepSeek on Nov 29 2023.

Claude Haiku 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. DeepSeek-LLM is an open weight model released by DeepSeek.

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