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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs DeepSeek V2

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V2
Overview
CompanyAnthropicDeepSeek
Release dateOct 15 2025May 2024
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
77%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
73.3%
Science
GPQA Diamond
73%
Timeline
Release gapDeepSeek V2 shipped 532 days before Claude Haiku 4.5

Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5 or DeepSeek V2?

Claude Haiku 4.5 and DeepSeek V2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. DeepSeek V2 shipped 532 days before Claude Haiku 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Haiku 4.5 is proprietary, while DeepSeek V2 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Haiku 4.5 and DeepSeek V2 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 V2 was released by DeepSeek on May 2024.

Claude Haiku 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. DeepSeek V2 is an open weight model released by DeepSeek.

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