Claude Instant 1.2 and DeepSeek V2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude Instant 1.2 shipped 266 days before DeepSeek V2, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Instant 1.2 is proprietary, while DeepSeek V2 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Instant 1.2 and DeepSeek V2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.