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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs DeepSeek V3 Base

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V3 Base
Overview
CompanyAnthropicDeepSeek
Release dateOct 15 2025Dec 2024
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
77%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
73.3%
Science
GPQA Diamond
73%
Timeline
Release gapDeepSeek V3 Base shipped 318 days before Claude Haiku 4.5

Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5 or DeepSeek V3 Base?

Claude Haiku 4.5 and DeepSeek V3 Base don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. DeepSeek V3 Base shipped 318 days before Claude Haiku 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Haiku 4.5 is proprietary, while DeepSeek V3 Base is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Haiku 4.5 and DeepSeek V3 Base 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 V3 Base was released by DeepSeek on Dec 2024.

Claude Haiku 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. DeepSeek V3 Base is an open weight model released by DeepSeek.

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