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Claude Opus 4 vs DeepSeek Coder V2

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Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
DeepSeek
DeepSeek Coder V2
Overview
CompanyAnthropicDeepSeek
Release dateMay 22 2025Jun 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
79.6%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
72.5%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapDeepSeek Coder V2 shipped 355 days before Claude Opus 4

Which is better: Claude Opus 4 or DeepSeek Coder V2?

Claude Opus 4 leads DeepSeek Coder V2 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). DeepSeek Coder V2 shipped 355 days before Claude Opus 4, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

DeepSeek Coder V2 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Opus 4 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4 released?
Claude Opus 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.
When was DeepSeek Coder V2 released?
DeepSeek Coder V2 was released by DeepSeek on Jun 2024.
Is Claude Opus 4 or DeepSeek Coder V2 open source?
DeepSeek Coder V2 is an open-source / open-weight model released by DeepSeek. Claude Opus 4 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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