Claude Sonnet 4vsDeepSeek-V4-Flash
Claude Sonnet 4 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 30%Best | 18% |
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 72.7% | — |
Competitive coding LiveCodeBenchCoding problems published so recently the AI can't have seen them in training — a contamination-free test of raw programming skill. Higher is better. | — | 91.6% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 75.4% | 88.1%Best |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Claude Sonnet 4 shipped 337 days before DeepSeek-V4-Flash | |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Release date | May 22 2025 | Apr 24 2026 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4 or DeepSeek-V4-Flash?
Claude Sonnet 4 and DeepSeek-V4-Flash are evenly matched across the 2 benchmarks they both report (BullshitBench v2, GPQA Diamond). Claude Sonnet 4 shipped 337 days before DeepSeek-V4-Flash, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Claude Sonnet 4 is proprietary, while DeepSeek-V4-Flash is open weight.
On BullshitBench v2, Claude Sonnet 4 leads at 30% vs DeepSeek-V4-Flash at 18%. On GPQA Diamond, DeepSeek-V4-Flash leads at 88.1% vs Claude Sonnet 4 at 75.4%.
Frequently asked questions
Claude Sonnet 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.
DeepSeek-V4-Flash was released by DeepSeek on Apr 24 2026.
DeepSeek-V4-Flash leads on GPQA Diamond — Claude Sonnet 4 75.4% vs DeepSeek-V4-Flash 88.1%.
Claude Sonnet 4 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. DeepSeek-V4-Flash is an open weight model released by DeepSeek.