Claude Haiku 4.5 vs DeepSeek V3 0324
Claude Haiku 4.5 leads DeepSeek V3 0324 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 16.9 to 9.7, and DeepSeek V3 0324 costs 4.7x less per output token ($1.07 vs $5.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 19 benchmarks have a result for both.
Claude Haiku 4.5 or DeepSeek V3 0324: which to pick
Only Claude Haiku 4.5 has a coding score, 35.6 on the Vibe Coding Index; DeepSeek V3 0324 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick DeepSeek V3 0324 for output tokens 4.7x cheaper ($1.07 vs $5.00 per million) and work measured by LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or MMLU Pro, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 19
- Claude Haiku 4.5 only
- 76
- DeepSeek V3 0324 only
- 16
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Claude Haiku 4.5 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5 leads, 16.9 against 9.7.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5 leads, 8.0 against 0.8.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5 leads, 72.2% against 61.6%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5 leads, 82.7% against 52.2%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
DeepSeek V3 0324
DeepSeek V3 0324 leads, 79.5% against 78.7%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Claude Haiku 4.5 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1122.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5 takes 200K tokens against 164K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V3 0324
Claude Haiku 4.5 $0.0035, DeepSeek V3 0324 $0.0008 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Claude Haiku 4.5 has the number, $0.56.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Haiku 4.5 35.6 from 4 benchmarks, DeepSeek V3 0324 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Coding, 20.2 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- AIME: Claude Haiku 4.5 82.7% against DeepSeek V3 0324 52.2%, 30.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Haiku 4.5 $5.00 against DeepSeek V3 0324 $1.07 per million output tokens, 4.7x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Haiku 4.5 takes 200K tokens, DeepSeek V3 0324 164K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Bars | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 3 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 2 | 0 | ||
| Math | 4 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 2 | 3 | ||
| General | 2 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 15 | 4 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index31
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 66.6% | 42.0% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 64.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench coding | 48.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1330 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 43.9 | 21.2 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 41.2% | 65.5% | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 66.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 11.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 7.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 43.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 40.5% | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 39.0% | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 15.2% | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 35.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| WeirdML | 45.4% | 36.1% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1454 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1439 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1326 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1318 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 16.9 | 9.7 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 142.2 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 8.0 | 0.8 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| LiveBench research | 42.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench browser | 40.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 11.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 31.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 5.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 10.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 22.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 47.1% | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| METR time horizons | Not measured | 49.6% | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| BALROG | 31.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 45.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $459 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | 68.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 72.2% | 61.6% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| LiveBench reasoning | 61.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 46.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 65.5% | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 4.7% | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 71.2% | 67.6% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| ARC-AGI | 47.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 27.2% | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 8.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1421 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1443 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1435 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 82.7% | 52.2% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 88.6% | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 92.2% | 91.7% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 41.0 | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 41.0% | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 66.7% | 37.8% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| MATH level 5 | 96.4% | 75.5% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: math | 1398 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1430 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index23
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 78.7% | 79.5% | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 81.2% | 77.7% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 56.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 60.6% | 54.7% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 67.5% | 71.1% | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 62.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 79.6% | 82.0% | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 32.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 81.9% | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 13.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1406 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1394 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1400 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1400 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1122 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1097 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1097 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1124 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1071 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1114 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1025 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1140 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench design | 59.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | 59.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 54.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 31.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 85.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 42.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 41.0% | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 40.7% | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| DTBench | 73.6% | 64.8% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| LMCA | 30.9% | 15.5% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 50.0% | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | Not measured | 77.0% | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| ExploitBench | 13.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1397 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1414 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1371 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1414 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1377 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1418 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1374 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1338 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1346 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1411 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1421 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1381 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1343 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1409 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1427 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1386 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1369 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Document | 1420 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V3 0324 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V3 0324 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V3 0324 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Anthropic Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 15, 2025 | March 24, 2025 |
| Context window | 200K | 164K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.00 | $0.27 |
| Output $/Mtok | $5.00 | $1.07 |
| Coding index | 35.6 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.56 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 better than DeepSeek V3 0324 for coding?
Only Claude Haiku 4.5 has a coding score, 35.6 on the Vibe Coding Index; DeepSeek V3 0324 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick DeepSeek V3 0324 for output tokens 4.7x cheaper ($1.07 vs $5.00 per million) and work measured by LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or MMLU Pro, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5 or DeepSeek V3 0324?
Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $5.00 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V3 0324 costs $0.27 and $1.07. Cost per solved task is known for Claude Haiku 4.5 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Haiku 4.5 or DeepSeek V3 0324?
Claude Haiku 4.5, with 200K tokens against 164K.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Haiku 4.5 vs DeepSeek V3 0324 comparison based on?
19 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Claude Haiku 4.5's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and DeepSeek V3 0324's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.