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Claude Opus 4.5 vs DeepSeek V3 Chat

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V3 Chat
Overview
CompanyAnthropicDeepSeek
Release dateNov 24 2025Dec 2024
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
90%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.9%
Science
GPQA Diamond
87%
Timeline
Release gapDeepSeek V3 Chat shipped 358 days before Claude Opus 4.5

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.5 or DeepSeek V3 Chat?

Claude Opus 4.5 and DeepSeek V3 Chat don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. DeepSeek V3 Chat shipped 358 days before Claude Opus 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Opus 4.5 is proprietary, while DeepSeek V3 Chat is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4.5 and DeepSeek V3 Chat don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Opus 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Nov 24 2025.

DeepSeek V3 Chat was released by DeepSeek on Dec 2024.

Claude Opus 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. DeepSeek V3 Chat is an open weight model released by DeepSeek.

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