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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs DeepSeek V2

3 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V2
Overview
CompanyAnthropicDeepSeek
Release dateSep 29 2025May 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
83.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
77.2%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
68%
Timeline
Release gapDeepSeek V2 shipped 516 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.5 or DeepSeek V2?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads DeepSeek V2 on 3 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). DeepSeek V2 shipped 516 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

DeepSeek V2 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Sonnet 4.5 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 Sonnet 4.5 released?
Claude Sonnet 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Sep 29 2025.
When was DeepSeek V2 released?
DeepSeek V2 was released by DeepSeek on May 2024.
Is Claude Sonnet 4.5 or DeepSeek V2 open source?
DeepSeek V2 is an open-source / open-weight model released by DeepSeek. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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