Claude Instant 1.2 and DeepSeek V3-0324 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude Instant 1.2 shipped 593 days before DeepSeek V3-0324, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Instant 1.2 is proprietary, while DeepSeek V3-0324 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Instant 1.2 and DeepSeek V3-0324 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.